Practical Insights for Sustainable Community Housing in the North West
NestED: Tiny Homes Education for Sustainable Future · Erasmus+ KA220-VET Cooperation Partnership · Project no. 2025-1-SE01-KA220-VET-000352444
What can the North West learn from a self-build housing community in Sweden, tiny homes for people leaving homelessness in France, or a hands-on tiny-house school in Tipperary?
This interactive workshop brings 25 housing and community regeneration models from across Europe to your table, and asks how they could work here.
Rural housing supply, vacant buildings, ageing populations and skills shortages are shared challenges across Europe. NestED, an Erasmus+ project with partners in six countries, has studied community-led and sustainable housing models and turned them into free interactive case studies and training resources.
In this hands-on session you will explore those resources, look at one model from the angle of education, local government and community, and leave with ideas you can use in your own work.
A small, focused room of decision-makers, educators and housing practitioners from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Practical, not theoretical.
Pick the one that fits you best and see what you will get out of the afternoon.
Tap a card to turn it over. You will explore these and more as interactive case studies during the workshop.
Friday 13 November 2026 at the AIM Centre, Sligo. Tap any item for more detail.
Every participant gets free access to the full NestED toolkit, ready to use in courses, community programmes and local planning. Open the box to see what is inside.
All NestED resources are free to use.
AIM Centre, Market Place, Abbeyquarter North, Sligo F91 WV7R
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In the centre of Sligo town. Parking and access details will be in your joining email.
Refreshments and a networking lunch are provided. Tell us your dietary needs when you register.
Tell us on the form about anything that helps you take part fully, and we will arrange it.
A phone, tablet or laptop to explore the online case studies (Wi-Fi provided).
Photos are taken for EU project reporting and promotion. You can opt out on the form.
Digital materials first, reusable crockery and water jugs, local catering.
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NestED is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in vocational education and training. It helps VET providers, learners and communities build skills for sustainable, inclusive and community-led housing. All its resources are free to use.
Erasmus+ KA220-VET Cooperation Partnership
Project no. 2025-1-SE01-KA220-VET-000352444
Organised in Ireland by Future Cast, W8 Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
15 places, free of charge. About 3 minutes to complete. You will get a confirmation email with the date, address and a calendar file.
Registration closes Tuesday 10 November, 17:00. When all places are taken, we open a waiting list.
Free workshop · Friday 13 November 2026 · 11:30 to 14:00 · AIM Centre
Would you still like to attend? Email marketing@futurecast.info and we will let you know if a place opens up.
Thank you, your place at “Building the Future” is booked. Registration opens at 11:30 on Friday 13 November at the AIM Centre. We will send joining details and a short pre-read a few days before.
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