About us

Stroud Commons is a group of Stroud residents who have come together to build the ‘commons’ economy in Stroud, and to document everything so that it can be implemented in other towns.

We have 4 active groups: housing commons, climbing commons, Festival of Commoning and Commons Lab.

We’d like to form water, care, energy and land commons groups soon.

We’ve run several events in Stroud, including successful festivals in 2024 and 2025. We’re liaising with people in 20-30 other towns, with a view to helping them implement what’s successful in Stroud. Commons Lab will produce playbooks that they can use. We’re partnering with a ‘credit clearing’ group in Liverpool, and hope to bring their ideas to the south-west (and vice versa).

You can get involved.