Shared Assets | Working to create a 21st century commons

A social enterprise that helps landowners and community enterprises work together to bring undermanaged land into productive community use, creating benefits for both parties.

We are a small, highly skilled team with a unique mix of environmental, community development and built environment expertise.

Our vision is the creation of a 21st century commons, through promoting community use and management of woodlands waterways and green spaces.

Latest News:

Our report on community management of local authority woodlands is published!Our report on community management of English local authority woodland is now available to download here! English local authorities own over 60,000 hectares of woodland, almost ...

This is a local development, for local people: some thoughts on Land Value Tax We hear a lot about the empowerment and democratic control that localism promises.

The Creative Approach to Asset Management Community led environmental management is an empowering and creative process. It harnesses local knowledge, skills and ideas to bring new solutions to old problems.

Land: the ultimate non renewable resource Our Development Manager, Kate Swade, and Dan Gregory have co-authored an essay in Respublica's new collection, Making it Mutual: The ownership revolution that Britain needs.

The Catchment Based Approach: the commons in action?The catchment based approach to improving water quality is an integral part of the UK’s response to the Water Framework Directive.

Seeing the wood and the trees - community management of council owned woodlands Shared Assets has been commissioned by Forest Research, the social research arm of the Forestry Commission, to carry out a brief survey into levels of community management of loc...