Bristol is moving forward a proposal for an umbrella Community Land Trust which is planned to assist community land trust (CLT) projects across the city, and possibly further afield. 

A CLT development has a number of long term benefits to the community. One is that the community has an equity share in the buildings or land that the CLT has governance of.  

There are three potential sites which could see the development of the first CLT for the area.  These are Victoria Park Baptist Church, Park Street in Totterdown and on Fishponds Road beside Eastville Park.

 If you would like to know more about CLT's and what happening in Bristol, there is an opening event on the 3rd February 2011 in Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY.

 Open viewing of proposed first sites, and ways you can get involved between 3pm and 7pm, with two presentations, one at 3pm and one at 6pm.

 If you want more info on Community land trusts in the meantime, see http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/