Creative Placemaking and Community Led Housing — towards implementing Community Land Trusts in Ireland

17 April 2026, The Powerhouse, Callan, Co. Kilkenny | Pre-Registration Expression of Interest

Cois Baile Seminar

The Cois Baile Seminar focuses on community-led approaches to Creative Placemaking and Community-Led Housing, particularly the practical implementation of Community Land Trusts in Ireland. 

The seminar is organised by Workhouse Union, Tri Siolta Community Land Trust, Cork Community Land Trust 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. 

Our intention for this seminar is to:

  • Highlight practitioners and organisations who champion these approaches

  • Foster mutual support to better serve our communities

  • Strengthen the broader CLT movement through meaningful advocacy and action

​We are asking you to complete this survey 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. 

https://forms.gle/CqwCMnwTnjDCTnNA6

Cois Baile Seminar registration opens to the public on 21 March 2026. As this is a practitioner-focused seminar, groups involved in Community Led Housing and Community Land Trusts will receive priority in the first round of available seminar spaces.

Cois Baile Seminar is funded by the Arts Council and supported through the Ecolise/CHOICE Project.