Owned by the community, managed by the community, for Wilton
AGM Update ref Matthew Bell Our Enterprise Feb 2024
At our AGM the Directors agreed to update you on our recent meeting with Matthew Bell from Our Enterprise. The meeting notes are now on our Members only section
AGM 13th January 2024
The Board of Wilton CLT would like to thank everyone who attended the AGM on Saturday the 13th January. Our minutes will be shortly available on our members only section of the website.
Wilton Community Land Trust AGM 2024
Wilton Community Land Trust AGM 2024 Saturday January 13th from 10-00am – 11am All Wilton CLT Members NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS The Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022/2023 of the Wilton Community Land Trust will be held on Saturday 13thJanuary 2024 from 10am to 11am at...
Progress on Wilton Sunrise Project
Wilton Parish Church Council and Wilton Community Land Trust announce progress update on ambitious ‘Wilton Sunrise Project’ The Wilton Sunrise Project - a community inspired and community led regeneration initiative aiming to transform the historic...
Update on St Peter’s Place and the CLT AGM
As you've seen from our banner at St Peters we are progressing and have now completed the majority of our stake holder meetings including a positive response from Lord Pembroke and from the George Herbert Association amongst others . This has taken a little longer...
Letter from the Chair
Dear Wilton Community Land Trust (WCLT) Member, As Chair of WCLT, I’m writing to update you on our current activities / plans, and to ask for your help with an effort to improve our current membership records. What we’ve been doing over the past 18 months: We retain a...
Join us and be part of the future of affordable housing in Wilton
Why do we need a Land Trust?
Homes
As a nation we are not building enough homes and haven’t done so in decades. We are building less than half the homes needed just to keep up with the new households forming each year. The result is that in many parts of the country rents are soaring and house prices are going through the roof, making it simply unaffordable for many people to have their own home. In rural areas local families are being priced out and community facilities, like shops, schools and pubs are closing. In urban areas there are many properties sitting empty and decaying with areas suffering from low investment or failed regeneration.
One way of tackling this is for local people just like you to come together to form a Community Land Trust. These local organisations are set up and run by volunteers and develop and manage genuinely affordable homes based on what local people earn. CLTs can do the same for pubs, shops, gardens and low cost workspaces. By retaining ownership of the land on which the buildings sit they ensure that these places are affordable not just for now but for every future occupier.
Community Services
With the squeezing of local budgets it is often community services that are heavily impacted. Existing ones lose funding and gaps start to appear in the support landscape as new projects never get off the ground. We aim to support community services within the Wilton District as much as we can.
As well as the development at Wilton Hill (old Erskine Barracks site) we’ve helped with a number of other projects. These include St Peter’s Church, The Men’s Shed at Wilton, The Great Green Challenge, South Wiltshire Green Doors, a river clearance exercise, and more.
Join
A CLT is a community initiative so first of all you could get involved by joining. Lifetime membership of Wilton Community Land Trust costs only £1. Members can have a say, vote at the AGM, you could join the Board and you’ll be kept informed about what’s happening, For more details click here.
Volunteer
There’s always a need for more volunteers to help with some aspects of what we do. Contact the Land Trust here to enquire about volunteering opportunities or to join our Board.
Locally driven
Affordable housing
For Wilton
Wilton CLT is owned by its members and run by a small team of volunteers. People just like you. Its volunteer Board is made up of local residents, public servants and business people. more…