Sharing accommodation

Organisations come together to share premises and office space for a variety of reasons which can create efficiencies and opportunities including: 

• the potential to own a property which may not be possible for individual organisations alone
• cost savings through sharing building management
• organisational development through networking, encouraging peer learning and sharing good practice (in a shared office environment)

Case studies

• One Stop Shop Lutterworth, the financial and other rewards of sharing and running a building
• bassac and DTA, experience and impact of co-location
• Community Action Network (CAN) Mezzanine, an affordable office environment to encourage networking, collaboration and idea sharing. 

Resources

• Co-location: A literature review, IVAR, 2005
• Working together for better office infrastructure feasibility study led by Sayer Vincent for ACEVO, 2008