'Want to know more?'

If you are interested, and think that this is the kind of life to which you aspire, please contact our Membership Secretary.

By Post:	Membership Secretary Canon Frome Court Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2TD
By Phone:	0844 8123 711; or
by E-mail:	membership@canonfromecourt.org.uk

You will be sent information about the community and asked if you'd like to attend the next visitor weekend (normally held twice a year).

At visitor weekends we aim to give people a view of what life in a community is like (not just the good bits).

If you're still interested then you can ask to come for further visits. After two visits we have an informal discussion at a Housing Association meeting and decide whether we want to invite you back for further visits. After one more visit you can ask to be considered for prospective membership.

Our aim is to build up a pool of potential new members so that when somebody is ready to move out there are applicants who have progressed through the membership process.

We feel it is our responsibility to help people gain a realistic view of community life and to point out all the difficulties (the positive aspects are all too evident). This usually takes several months.

Because we are contacted by many people in the course of a year, we leave it up to the applicants to keep the process going. If you really want to get here, keep in touch and keep visiting.

You might like to consider the following points carefully.

Canon Frome Court is a working organic farm run by the Community.

It is owned and managed by the Windflower Housing Association, a co-ownership housing association.

We do not have a common philosophy or political stance, though there is a prevailing sympathy with green issues.

Administrative tasks and the co-ordination of all aspects of co-operative work (e.g. fields, garden, machinery, animals, maintenance) can be very onerous.

Working together and working independently on communal tasks are essentially what "community" means to us at Canon Frome.

Community life means being prepared to compromise in decision-making and to give up some personal autonomy for the greater good.

The farm is the main focus of community life.

We farm our land co-operatively and organically (as far as possible) to produce a considerable proportion of our food, including a good deal of our own meat.

Dogs are generally discouraged, mainly because of the livestock.

Looking after livestock, growing food, maintaining buildings and equipment and administrative tasks take considerable time, energy and commitment from all of us.

We finance activities by monthly contributions, according to size of home and family.

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	Canon Frome Court is a working organic farm run by the Community.
	It is owned and managed by the Windflower Housing Association, a co-ownership housing association.
	We do not have a common philosophy or political stance, though there is a prevailing sympathy with green issues.
	Administrative tasks and the co-ordination of all aspects of co-operative work (e.g. fields, garden, machinery, animals, maintenance) can be very onerous.
	Working together and working independently on communal tasks are essentially what "community" means to us at Canon Frome.
	Community life means being prepared to compromise in decision-making and to give up some personal autonomy for the greater good.
	The farm is the main focus of community life.
	We farm our land co-operatively and organically (as far as possible) to produce a considerable proportion of our food, including a good deal of our own meat.
	Dogs are generally discouraged, mainly because of the livestock.
	Looking after livestock, growing food, maintaining buildings and equipment and administrative tasks take considerable time, energy and commitment from all of us.
	We finance activities by monthly contributions, according to size of home and family.