Sheffield Student Housing Co-op, not-for-profit democratic housing, owned and run by students for students.
Sheffield, UK
Joined December 2013
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😲 STUDENT ROOMS AVAILABLE SEPT 2023 ✨ Non-hierarchical & LGBTQ+ friendly household in Sheffield 🏡 No experience required! Run by students, for students! 👉🏻 Apply here, first come first served: sshc.sheffield.coop/apply.ht… @NoMoreLandlords @SSHCOOP #dontwaitcooperate
Are you a student sick of exploitative landlords?
We at SSHC are looking for two new members!
In our co-operative Crookes-based house, we're all equals. All members are empowered to actively contribute and democratically work together to run the co-op in lieu of a landlord (1/3)
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This gives us free rein to decorate, garden, and generally live without fear or exploitation.
We aim to make the house and the application process as accessible as possible, and we encourage applications from students from marginalised backgrounds. (2/3)
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For more information, check out our ad on SpareRoom: spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/so…
We kicked off May with a Beltane bang! We wish we could show you more pictures of around the fire, or a video of us each jumping over it for good luck, or even the vegan dumpling soup one member made for the event, but we were too busy Respecting Tradition to take much footage…
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...instead, here’s a rather interesting take on gin rummy invented rather haphazardly by the same soup-making member; it’s a game that we’ve affectionately dubbed Rum Ginny, partly as it’s likely best played while inebriated, but the gameplay may require further testing…!
ALT a roaring fire in a home-made brick firepit
ALT a garden clearing with five chairs and a stool arranged round a firepit made of eight bricks in a sort of rounded square with a large burnt log from the night before therein
ALT a visual cacophony of playing cards arranged in at least two dozen small separate sequences of numbers and suits filling the surface of a small coffee table
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March was a rather quiet start to the season, so we’re moving on to April!
April was a month of gardening, harvesting, and Beltane preparation, including an unexpected but welcome crop of reclaimed bricks that we used to make a firepit! Check out one member’s “catch of the day”!
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Whew! It’s been a while but we’re back in business!
A few members have come and gone in the past couple years, but we still have some old faces.
And we’re looking for new faces, or rather, members, to join our colourful convivial co-operative!
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If you’ve any questions, then check out our website at sshc.sheffield.coop or email us at studentcoopsheffield@gmail.com. We hope you’ll reach out & connect like our squash plant, pop in like poppies for an interview, and potter about like our potatoes in perusing the place.
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SSHC retweeted
went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy.
SSHC retweeted
I love the “cheaper” food argument for trade deals devastating for our farmers. Like accepting poor quality food raised in a way illegal in this Country for human health and welfare issues is OK for people on low income and mass catering like schools and hospitals.
Loss of bridging social capital now a big problem for all after COVID-19, as students we all need to be proactive in getting out the house, going to societies and volunteering!
A reminder that we are still accepting applications for another week! Fill in the form here forms.gle/DDpd4VjoUuSmWZtZ9 if you want to live in a democratically run, landlordless house.
Also check out this FAQ about life at the... forms.gle/DDpd4VjoUuSmWZtZ9
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If you want to know what it's like to live in a co-op, we prepared a short FAQ last year, you can see it here tinyurl.com/sshcFAQ. We'll be updating it as we get more questions, and as always don't hesitate to message us if you want to know... docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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It's been a while but we're back and we're now accepting applications for next year! forms.gle/DDpd4VjoUuSmWZtZ9 fill out the form here and we'll be in touch soon. Let us know if you have any questions! xoxo forms.gle/DDpd4VjoUuSmWZtZ9
If you care about housing as much as we do, join us this Friday for the first Cut The Rent planning meeting co-organised with Sheffield's great variety of lefty groups. Be there or be ⬛! facebook.com/SheffieldStuden…
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