Five Rivers is a cohousing project – our aim is to encourage neighbourliness and to share resources to keep our costs down and reduce our impact on the environment. We are non profit making.
There are a growing number of cohousing communities in the UK – take a look to see what living in a cohousing project might be like.
The UK Cohousing Network provides wealth of information about cohousing as well as a guide to existing and developing cohousing projects in the UK. It’s a good idea to browse through the directory of UK cohousing project, and check out their websites for a better picture of the complexity and benefits of living as a member of a cohousing community.
A key feature of our project, as with most cohousing communities, is the Common House. Our Common House includes a kitchen and dining room where residents can choose to eat together, guest rooms, office space for the project, a quiet room, and a laundry. Guest rooms in the Common House allow people to choose a house with fewer bedrooms, saving them money. We aim to offer facilities to our neighbours in the local community.
Our Common House:
Cohousing has many benefits as these articles and talks illustrate:
- Family experiences in cohousing – a film made by Forgebank, a cohousing project near Lancaster
- Cohousing as an antidote to loneliness – an academic study
- Cohousing helps us to live longer – a TED Talk
- Cohousing helps interconnection – a TED Talk
- Cohousing in four different countries – article