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Paid Role - National Visibility - Shaping the Vision - Partner & Sponsor
PARTNER WITH US
We are inviting businesses and organisations to partner with us to deliver the first Ecommunitas Co-operative.
Together, we are creating a first-of-its-kind regenerative neighbourhood in Greater Manchester - uniting affordable homes, health-first design, community ownership, and nature recovery, all rooted in the region’s co-operative heritage.
From September 2025, we begin the land, design, planning, and funding stages while also building the Project Team that will go on to deliver 100–400 homes across all tenures. Alongside the homes, a suite of co-operative enterprises will provide essential products and services, all within a community food forest and nature-recovery landscape
Construction is targeted to begin before the end of 2026, with a phased build programme designed to be replicable nationwide.
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
Delivery Work
Your organisation has an opportunity to help us deliver this project through a paid contract aligned to your expertise.
The Project Team will shape how the neighbourhood is built, operated, and communicated.
You won’t just be recognised - you’ll be directly involved in bringing Ecommunitas Co-operative to life.
Business Growth Partnership
The Project Team is designed as much for business growth as it is for delivery.
Your organisation helps shape and build the project while being actively promoted across multiple channels: our website, campaign materials, social media, and targeted outreach to 5,000+ organisations and thousands of individuals and families.
The result: new opportunities, new clients, and new revenue streams, alongside your guaranteed delivery role.
Media Recognition
Your logo will feature on our homepage, you’ll be included in press announcements, and your story will be told through launch films and our documentary series.
This media halo extends across social platforms and campaign materials, ensuring your involvement is not just behind the scenes but visible to the world. It’s an opportunity to be known as an early visionary leader, publicly associated with innovation, regeneration, and lasting social impact.
Be Part of a Visionary First
Join the founding Project Team behind a first-of-its-kind regenerative development in the UK.
This neighbourhood is rooted in co-operative heritage, designed for health and nature recovery, and has the potential to set a national benchmark.
Being part of the delivery team gives your organisation unique recognition in what we believe will be an award-winning project.
THE PROJECT TEAM
The Ecommunitas Co-operative Project Team is the founding circle of organisations who will design, build, and bring to life the first regenerative neighbourhood in Greater Manchester. This is the group that will define how the project is delivered, ensuring every element - from housing and health to nature recovery and co-operative enterprise - is aligned with our vision and values.
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
PARTNER TYPOLOGY FRAMEWORK - BUILDING THE PROJECT TEAM
Delivering a regenerative neighbourhood means bringing together many different kinds of expertise. To make this collaboration effective, we group roles into typology families. Each family represents a cluster of related disciplines, ensuring nothing is missed and every dimension of the project is covered.
This framework gives clarity and structure. It allows each partner to see exactly where they fit, how they’ll work with others, and how their contribution links into the wider vision. It also creates space for collaboration - if two aligned organisations complement one another.
Architecture & Design
Construction & Development
Health & Wellbeing
Energy & Water
Finance & Investment
Food & Farming
Nature Recovery
Communications & Marketing
Technology & Infrastructure
Procurement & Supply Chains
Knowledge & Academic Partners
Visionary Partners
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
PROJECT TEAM VISION
The Project Team is the engine that will deliver this pioneering development. Ecommunitas Co-operative is building this team now!
This vision is about more than contracts. It is about bringing together a circle of visionaries - organisations and individuals aligned by values, purpose, and mission. Organisations are invited to co-create a new model of community development, one rooted in regeneration, cooperation, and long-term stewardship.
Every member of the Project Team is both a specialist in their field and a co-creator of the wider vision. You will not just deliver your part of the development - you will help shape how the whole neighbourhood comes to life, with recognition as a founding partner of the first Ecommunitas Co-operative.
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
PIONEERING PARTNER OR SPONSOR
Spaces are limited at this pioneering stage, with visibility guaranteed from day one across our national campaign.
Ecommunitas Co-operative cannot be delivered without pioneers who are ready to step forward now. Pioneering Partners and Sponsors are not just supporters - they are the organisations showing the vision, courage, and leadership that this moment demands.
Partners provide vision, help shape and join the Project Team: £1,000 - fully refunded on 31st Oct 2025
Sponsors strengthen with support - £250
Your contribution is not just symbolic. It powers the immediate delivery plan - finalising the website, vision packs, and campaign videos; launching the crowdfunder; and driving outreach to 5,000+ organisations and thousands of individuals nationwide. It also gives us the momentum to meet with developers, housing associations, investors, and local authorities across Greater Manchester, including the team of Mayor Andy Burnham. Partners provide vision and help shape. Sponsors strengthen with support. Together, these pioneers lay the foundations for paid delivery roles and a nationally significant development.
PIONEER PARTNER BENEFITS
Pioneering Partners are not just early contributors - they are the founding members of the Project Team.
Your contribution of £1,000 will be fully refunded by Friday 31st October 2025.
As a Pioneering Partner, you will help shape strategy in your specialism, join a circle of visionaries aligned with the ethos and purpose of Ecommunitas, and step into delivery as funding flows.
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
Click on the boxes below to read about some of the benefits.
SPONSOR BENEFITS
Sponsors are the entry-level supporters of Ecommunitas Co-operative.
By contributing £250, your organisation is publicly recognised as part of the founding story - showing visible alignment with a pioneering project while gaining credibility and connection. You will be prioritised for consideration as the Project Team expands, building relationships and visibility from the start.
Register interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm.
This gives us two weeks to discuss your involvement before the final contribution deadline on Tues 7th Oct.
Click on the boxes below to read about some of the benefits.
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
We’ve launched a national crowdfunding campaign to kick-start delivery, build visibility, and bring thousands of people and organisations into the journey. In partnership with the Aviva Community Fund and Salford Council’s Crowdfund programme, every contribution is tripled - for every £1 given, £3 goes directly to the project.
The campaign funds core capacity, website and video production, and early design and planning, while proving broad support and public credibility. It’s also a low-barrier entry point for organisations not yet ready to partner or sponsor but keen to be seen backing a pioneering UK development.
Timeline: 15 September – 8 October 2025. Early momentum comes from aligned organisations, amplified by match-funding and national outreach to 5,000+ organisations and thousands of individuals. The crowdfunder lays the foundation for the next funding phases (grants, JV partners, institutional capital).
Development Delivery Options
Ecommunitas is designed to deliver through mainstream routes, with two live options:
Option 1 - Coalition Masterplan: a lead developer secures land, masterplanning and finance; parcels are then delivered by specialist sub-developers. Ecommunitas delivers its neighbourhood as a sub-developer with a Registered Provider and eco-construction partners.
Option 2 - National Housebuilder: a major housebuilder leads land, planning, capital and market-rate homes; a dedicated Ecommunitas Zone delivers co-op homes, enterprises and food forest with a Registered Provider to unlock Homes England funding.
Both options boost planning credibility, ESG value and speed - and embed the Ecommunitas neighbourhood as a visible, integral part of the scheme.
Joint Venture Model
Whichever route is chosen, delivery sits inside a Joint Venture (JV) that combines commercial strength with co-operative stewardship. Core partners:
Ecommunitas Co-operative (co-op homes and anchor enterprises)
For-profit development entity (national developer/housebuilder or a new SPV)
Housing Association partner (access to Homes England funding),
Community Land Trust (optional) for long-term land care
The JV aligns capital-raising ability with values-led innovation, giving government, funders and communities confidence in delivery and long-term impact. It creates a credible pathway to secure land, planning and investment while safeguarding the integrity of the Ecommunitas neighbourhood.
Funding & Investment
Our strategy is phased to build momentum and credibility:
Phase 1 (15 Sept – 8 Oct 2025): seed capital from Pioneering Partners and Main Sponsors; national crowdfunder with Aviva & Salford (every £1 becomes £3); resource the core team and campaign.
Phase 2 (Q4 2025): grow the Project Team; submit grants (housing, climate, health, regeneration); engage social-impact funders and secure seed capital from JV partners.
Phase 3 (Q1 2026): national crowdfunder with full marketing; announce strategic partners; unlock brand/sponsorship, naming rights and supplier agreements (incl. Dream Home Collection). In parallel, the for-profit development entity raises major capital via private equity, institutional investors and development finance for land, infrastructure and construction.
Grtr Manchester Partnerships
Ecommunitas is rooted in Greater Manchester: our co-design community and the co-founders are here, ready to move in.
We’re engaging Salford, Rochdale and Trafford to explore land, funding and pace, aligning with GM’s Strategy 2025–2035 and Places for Everyone on net zero, nature recovery and affordable housing.
The model advances NHS prevention through health-first design and strengthens place-based regeneration consistent with Garden Village principles and Levelling Up.
Greater Manchester’s co-operative heritage and political leadership make it the natural home for a nationally significant pilot that is commercially credible and socially transformative.
YOUR INVITATION
We’re now confirming the founding circle of organisations who will shape delivery and be publicly recognised at launch. From 1 September to 7 October, we’re meeting organisations across typologies to agree the best approach and finalise the Project Team.
Pioneering Partner (£1,000): help shape strategy in your specialism, gain a guaranteed opportunity for a paid delivery role, and be recognised as a founding member. Your £1,000 is fully refunded by Friday 31 October 2025.
Sponsor (£250): contribute, gain national visibility, and be prioritised for consideration as the Project Team grows.
Crowdfunding Support: contribute at any level; be publicly recognised; every £1 becomes £3 via match-funding. Click here to see our campaign.
Register for Future Consideration: if none fit now, we’ll keep your details and may approach you post-October.
Act now: Register your interest by Friday 3rd October, 5pm; we’ll then schedule meetings and confirm Partners and Sponsors before Tuesday 7 October 2025.
