WINC_Older Women in Cohousing

About WINC_Older Women in Cohousing

The primary purpose of WINC is to create and maintain a cohousing community of women around the age of 50 and up, within the larger community of Daylesford, that includes communal spaces and privately owned homes. WINC was incorporated on 14 July 2018. We are women planning for a vibrant older age. Have you watched your parents age and wondered what your last 10-20 years might be like? Most people stop driving at some point. Many lose their cherished partner or are single by choice. Will you still be able to live where you are if you can't drive? How will you visit your friends or get to appointments? We imagine a future surrounded by women (mostly lesbians) aged between about 50 and 75+, some of whom are your close friends and others who are just friendly neighbours. You might start the day with a dog walk with those who like an early start. On the way back, you see a few of your neighbours having coffee on the veranda of the Commonhouse, so you join them. You put a load of washing on in the shared laundry and read the paper in the Commonhouse lounge while you wait. After you hang it out in the covered drying area, you want to catch up on some emails, so you retire to your private house for some quiet time. We are close to getting this off the ground. We are actively working on the design for a beautiful site close to central Daylesford. We have an architect advisor (and member) – Celia Sexton, the architect who designed the Common Ground Community – working with us and a lesbian feminist pro bono solicitor assisting a legal expert in property and community matters. We have a women’s Social Housing organisation who have begun the planning and development work with us. We have a full information package and welcome your interest. Please reach out via email secretary@winccohousing.org.au

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