Chat channels
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Agriculture and horticulture
Farming the land: crops, livestock, orchards and glasshouses.
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Apprenticeships and trades
Apprenticeships in the trades the place itself uses: building, joinery, growing, water and energy.
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Architecture
Buildings and the people who design them.
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Building and infrastructure
Builders, groundworks, utilities and surveyors: what it takes to build it, and the roads, water and power under it.
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Buying and selling
Moving, viewings, offers and selling direct.
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Buying the farm
Questions about buying Whitehole Farm or any part of it, answered by the owner. Anything private: send him a private message.
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Charities
Charities and community groups working with The Holding.
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Commercial
Shops, offices, warehouses, land and hospitality.
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Education and schools
Schools, colleges and forest school.
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Energy
Off-grid power: solar, storage, wood and heat.
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Everyone
The front door: who you are, what you would like to bring to Whitehole, and the news. Everyone in the project, in one room.
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Family hubs
Best Start family hubs, children’s centres and the families who use them.
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Gardens
Gardens, land and the outside of a property.
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General
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Health and wellbeing
Warm water, rest and recovery: for long-term conditions, veterans, families and anyone who needs it.
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House prices
What sold, for how much, and what the official records get wrong.
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Interiors
Rooms, colour, furniture and light.
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Money
Financiers, investors, grants, government money and the community share offer.
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Neighbourhoods
What's on, who's who and what it's really like to live there.
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Planning and design
Planners, architects and architectural technicians: what the land allows, the masterplan and the drawings.
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Restoration
Old buildings brought back: methods, materials, before and after.
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SEND
Special educational needs and disabilities: families, schools and support for young people with SEND.
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Somerset Council
Somerset Council: planning, education, health and the county’s plans.
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Trades
Builders, plumbers, joiners, decorators: find one, be one, talk shop.
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Water
The spring, the bottling factory and water for the people.