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Mayday Saxonvale
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The UK's largest community-led development Frome, Somerset
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · 29d
Meet the new Mayday #Saxonvale Board!
Local people with experience in finance, regeneration & sustainability, helping navigate our next phase.

Their role strengthens our governance and supports us to secure the right funding for #Frome’s future.
maydaysaxonvale.co.uk/mayday-saxon...

#CommunityLed
The Mayday Saxonvale Board - Mayday Saxonvale
The Mayday Saxonvale Board is at the heart of our mission to deliver a visionary, community-led development for Saxonvale.
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Coin Street @coinstreet.bsky.social · Apr 1
📑 We launched a new report exploring the positive impact of community-led development: coinstreet.org/future-neigh...
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · Apr 3
From award-winning public buildings to agricultural projects, read about our architects Studio Saar in Riba Journal

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Studio Saar: architects without borders
From Somerset to Rajasthan, ‘global, hyperlocal’ is how distinctive practice Studio Saar operates – thanks to its industrial backing and the impetus of its founders
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · Mar 23
Biggest-of-its-kind community-led project will deliver at least 30% affordable homes on the 12-acre former industrial site in the town centre. #frome #somerset

Via @the-independent.com

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Inside the fragile harmony between rural town’s locals and the ‘down from Londons’
Two years ago, as property prices in Frome soared amid an influx of people moving from London, Frome Town Council declared a housing crisis. Today, Alex Ross speaks to a community determined to overco...
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Platform Places @platformplaces.bsky.social · Feb 17
Heard the huge news from Frome? 📢

@maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social is a not-for-profit social enterprise supported by 2,000+ local residents.

They're set to create the UK's largest ever community-led development 🏘️ 🏡
Spotlight on Mayday Saxonvale, Frome — Platform Places
Discover the biggest community-led development in the UK, transforming 12 acres of derelict land for jobs, homes and sustainability.
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · Feb 12
Thank you!
right-here.org We're Right Here @right-here.org · Feb 3
Congratulations to the residents of Frome who won their five-year battle to create Mayday Saxonvale, a community-led development, in their town! 👏

With a Community Right to Buy, we hope to see many more success stories of community-ownership across the country.
Frome residents win five-year battle for community-led housing project
Mayday Saxonvale scheme is given the go-ahead after an extraordinary meeting of Somerset council executive
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🆃op🅽ews EN 🍋‍🟩 Verified. Not Amplified. @toppnews.bsky.social · Jan 23

🌐 Frome residents win five-year battle for community-led housing project

#Executive #Society

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/23/frome-residents-win-five-year-battle-for-community-led-housing-project
Mayday Saxonvale scheme is given the go ahead after an extraordinary meeting of town council executive
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · Feb 10
Do you have the energy and expertise to provide strategic leadership and ensure effective governance for the Saxonvale development project in Frome?

Join Mayday Saxonvale as a Non-Executive Board Director: maydaysaxonvale.co.uk/board-direct...
Non-Executive Board Director, Mayday Saxonvale - Mayday Saxonvale
Are you passionate about the future of Frome? Join Mayday Saxonvale as a Non-Executive Board Director. Closing date Monday 24th February 2025
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Mayday Saxonvale @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social · Feb 10
"Community-led development has been bubbling up for decades.

I'm firmly convinced it's the answer to the UK's housing crisis.

It's huge for Frome.

But this is a moment of consequence for the whole country."

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Mayday Saxonvale wins bid to buy the Frome Site from Somerset council
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