Talamh Housing Co-operative

Talamh Housing Co-op is based in a seventeenth century house at Birkhill House near Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. There are nine members of the Co-op with their children as well as dogs, cats and chickens. There'll often be guests staying too. We are a shared house with members renting their own space from the Housing Co-op. We are an intentional community because the members have chosen to live near each other for reasons of friendship and shared ideals. At least one meal a day is eaten together. The Housing Co-op is in turn managed by its members who make decisions by consensus at weekly meetings. It can often seem pretty chaotic here, but every member takes a part in the running of the co-op. As well as the day to day housework, members also put a lot of time into community and environmental work. To help promote this work, a charity was set up in 1998 called Talamh Life Centre.