Mim Skinner

Author: Jailbirds/Prison Teacher (2019), Living Together (out Nov 22!) Co-founder @REfUSE_cic. Rep’d by @Nelle_Andrew #ElleList2019

[Mim Skinner @MimSkinner]

Coming November 2022!

Living Together is a journey around the U.K. and Europe meeting people living in alternative ways, creating communities that are more connected, greener, fairer and more accessible.

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@DaltonHarrison9 Aw, that's so lovely!

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We'll be back at Grange Villa working men's club for carols next Friday if anyone wants to join the joy :):0

[Footnote Press @WeAreFootnote]

What does Christmas look like on a communal farm? @mimskinner shows us the wonky pies, dogs with hats and dinners for 17!

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Christmas pressies anyone :):)

[Footnote Press @WeAreFootnote]

Anxious about the state of housing? Bereft of a sense of community? Wishing for something better?

Better living exists – @mimskinner presents 12 radical ways of doing so in Living Together.

Get it now 🔽 https://t.co/VDo75ujgUI

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I'm enormously proud of my chapter in this. It's the first time I've written about the community I lived in during my twenties and it made me realise how much it shaped me.
If you want to dig into a network of people thinking about living communally - this is where to start!

[Intentional Communities @I_Communities]

Urban communal living in Britain:

*Co-operatives
*Student Co-ops
*Activist communities
*Community Led Housing
*Urban Rented Communities
*Cohousing
*Coliving
*L'arche UK
https://t.co/NtIWPWmXCU

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@ripx4nutmeg She should move to the Uk where you can expect to not get called sir or ma’am but any customer service staff ever 😅

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Tune in to BBC local radio wherever you are in half an hour to hear me chatting to Jo Good about Communal Living.

(She’s not convinced)

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*UNIVERSITY STAFF*

Stop asking us to guest lecture/ run workshops / join seminars for free.

It happens so often. Because the culture is that salaried academics are obligated to add these to their CV, they assume you will.

You can’t pay childcare costs with good feelings 🤷‍♀️

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@HarperNorthUK @GenPegg @_MegJonesy @alicemurphypyle @biwmcconnell @taslibri Congratulations!

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Interview request 😊😊😊

I’d love to speak to people living

a) with multiple generations in one household
b) with a family who live with additional people or with another family

Would be v grateful if you could share! X

[Peter Walker @Peterwalks]

Revelatory. @MimSkinner gives a timely insight into a women's prison. She is engaging, warm & at times understandably despairing. Cycle of "justice" without restoration/rehabilitation seems utterly pointless. Also parts made me chuckle! Wholeheartedly recommend #walkerbookrv

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@Peterwalks Thanks so much 😊😊

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RT @WeAreFootnote: “You can build the beehive, but in the end, it is the bees that make the honey.”

‘Living Together’ author @MimSkinner w…

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Commercial communalism is growing at pace. Is it just what our housing sector needs or has it missed the point?

Does my skepticism stem from being a activist bore who feels resentful that people are buying community? (probs)
https://t.co/WGylgT6DVT

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I LOVED having lunch with Sarah. Her Substack is such a fantastic hive of climate news and initiatives in the North of England. Well worth a read!

And frankly a CLASSIC move from me, organising lunch at my own project so she'd get to see @REfUSE_cic

Never not cheerleading.

[The Northern Eco @TheNorthernEco]

Could you live in a communal household? Talking co-housing, intergenerational living and more over lunch with author and social entrepreneur @mimskinner #housing #cohousing #community #countydurham https://t.co/HNUKJTQIPO

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@bekaholiver There’s an ice cream maker hanging around at Refuse I think! Do you want me to procure it for you so you can DIY?

[The Northern Eco @TheNorthernEco]

Could you live in a communal household? Talking co-housing, intergenerational living and more over lunch with author and social entrepreneur @mimskinner #housing #cohousing #community #countydurham https://t.co/HNUKJTQIPO

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@greenbelt We got sorted! Thanks 😊

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Anyone at @greenbelt have some Calpol we can lend??

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Thanks for having me Woman's Hour!

So much we couldn't fit in! If you want to ask more about the two communities I've been part of, communal family life or any of the communities I've visited for Living Together, I'm doing an Ask Me Anything over on Instagram today.

[BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour]

Would you live communally? It may be a way to share childcare, look after each other in old age, or save the planet.

Listener @nettykanewrites wanted to know how “intentional communities” work.

@MimSkinner & Anne Thorne @CMcohousing join @itsanitarani to answer her questions.