Cork Community Land Trust

Join us in celebrating World Community Land Trust Day today, Friday the 15th of May! We will be hosting an event at CEART (21 Shandon Street) from 3 to 5 pm. Drop in for 5 or 50 minutes to learn more about Cork Community Land Trust and other community land trusts (CLTs) during this social gathering. Enjoy coffee and cake while taking a look at visual displays. In addition we will have a “build your own CLT” activity that will culminate in a communal zine. No prior knowledge is required so please invite anyone curious about learning more about community-led land stewardship and CLTs. Immediately following this CCLT event @steviegrainger and @davydummigan will be hosting a community music event in the space that everyone is welcome to attend.

When we gather together, we learn and move forward together. Three weeks ago, we welcomed over 100 participants across two days to the Cois Baile Seminar in Callan. This vibrant two-day event embodied a spirit of creativity, collegiality, and cooperation. We hope that the optimism and determination we felt so palpably in the room are at least partially conveyed by these pictures. Cois Baile was produced in a spirit of collaboration between Workhouse Union, Cloughjordan Co-Housing, Cork Community Land Trust and Trí Síolta Community Land Trust, with support from Amicitia and Matt Baker. We asked ourselves how we could strengthen the broader movement for creative placemaking, community-led housing, and community land trusts in Ireland. We were joined by representatives from the islands, Gaeltachts, and coastal towns—areas facing the most severe effects of Ireland’s housing crisis—alongside those searching for new ways to revitalise our towns and cities. The discussions were enriched by national and international perspectives from the European Community Land Trust Network, The Housing Agency, Sturts Community Trust, South of Scotland Community Housing, and Tascfhórsa Uíbh Ráthaigh. We are grateful to each and every attendee for bringing their expertise, enthusiasm, principles and pragmatism to the seminar, which were tangible in every contribution. Over two days, we engaged in talks, discussions, workshops, creative activities, visioning and an assembly, with ample time for sharing meals, walks, and - most importantly - getting to know one another. Following a resounding consensus on the urgent need for a strong, unified voice by and for our movement, we concluded the seminar on Saturday afternoon, 18th April, with the promise to work together to develop a community land trust alliance for Ireland. In the weeks ahead, we’ll share stories and insights from the event, along with updates on the alliance’s visioning process. Cois Baile Seminar was funded by the @artscouncilireland and @ecolise.eu /CHOICE Project Photos by @briancreganphotography

After months of collaborative effort, we are delighted to announce the date for the Cois Baile Seminar, which focuses on community-led approaches to Creative Placemaking and Community-Led Housing, particularly the practical implementation of Community Land Trusts in Ireland. The seminar takes place on 17 April 2026 at The Powerhouse, Callan and is organised by Workhouse Union, Tri Siolta Community Land Trust (@tri_siolta ), Cork Community Land Trust (@cclt.ie ) and Cloughjordan Co-Housing. The seminar is practitioner-focused and co-designed around the needs of groups and projects in Ireland. We are reaching out to groups and projects across the country to get to know your particular context so we can shape the seminar meaningfully to the needs of this growing collective movement. The Cois Baile Seminar aims to support grassroots action towards Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in Ireland. Whatever their form, CLTs share values of care and agency for their locality, and stewardship of land for the future and the common good. ​We are asking you to complete a survey (link in bio) to better ensure the seminar benefits all participants, to identify shared challenges, and to connect existing people and activities on the ground. We want to hear from you. Please complete this form by 5 pm, 20 March 2026. Cois Baile Seminar registration opens to the public on 21 March 2026. Cois Baile Seminar is funded by the Arts Council and supported through the Ecolise/CHOICE Project. Please share far and wide! * Illustration by @an_na_mar

Bin there, done that! If there is a topic we can all agree on, it’s that the bin situation is #rubbish 😱 Wheelie bins blocking footpaths, no room to store bins in city houses, what to do with food waste… So, as part of the FIX IT series, the @dsba_cork are teaming up with @cclt.ie to lay out the problems, but more importantly, to find the solutions, as a community. So join us in the Community Centre on Sawmill Street. This Wednesday, November 5th, from 7-8.30pm, and let FIX IT!!! P.S. there will be cake 🍰! #SouthParish #DouglasStreet #WheelieBin #DomesticWaste #UrbanIssues #VillageInTheCity #PeoplePower

Eve Olney is presenting on behalf of CCLT today at the International Social Housing Festival 2025 in Dublin. She will speak about our beliefs and ethos around turning land into a platform for justice and genuine and lasting social inclusion in our communities. Hosted by Keti Tskitishvili of the European Community Land Trust Network, Eve is speaking alongside Adrià Garcia I Mateu (Solidarity Network of Catalonia) and Juliet Can (European Community Land Trust Network) with a keynote address from Brenda Torpy (International Centre for Community Land Trusts). Self Organised Architecture have also curated a selection of exemplary community led housing projects, including videos sharing the lived experiences of Cork and Trí Síolta (Callan) CLT community members.

Join us this Friday May 24 2024 from 10:30am-2pm at the @corkcitycouncil Urban Fabric Seminar. Ailbhe Cunningham will present on our work at Cork Community Land Trust, in particular our Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) #UpcyclingTrust project. For Upcycling Tryst we are teaming with Community Land Trust, Organismes de Foncier Solidaire and other organisations: Ville de Lille (FR), Community Land Trust Brussels (BE), Community Land Trust CLT Gent (BE), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE), HABITER2030 (FR), Self-Organised Architecture (IR), Cork City Council - Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí (IR), Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) (FR), Lille Métropole Habitat (FR) and Rennes Ville et Métropole (FR). 🎟️ Free registration for Friday’s event (link in bio) Can’t make it? Don’t worry. We’ll keep you posted as the project develops! 👉 The www.CCLT.ie website 📩 Subscribe to the Upcycling Trust newsletter: /dt2AHz

Join us next Saturday, the 25th, from 1.30pm to 4pm at Cork Unitarian Church on Princes Street for our next public event. If you don't have much time you can just drop by to find out about the project, or stay longer to join a conversation about the potential futures of Cork Community Land Trust. All welcome! #clt #communitylamdtrust #corkcity

Thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday at Coal Quay. We had lots of great conversations and met plenty of people interested in hearing more. We'll update everyone asap with details of our next event #corkcity #communitylandtrust