Series containing the various other organisation’s material in the Take Root collection. This includes materials from the Walter Seagal Self Build Trust, Community Self-Build Scotland, Centre for Alternative Technology and several other organisations. The types of material include publications, pamphlets, leaflets and information packs.

Series contains three VHS tapes concerning self-build projects.

Photographs and slides of construction work featuring Take Root members as well as other builders.

Series concerning Take Root publications, including press releases, pamphlets, presentations and a ‘Feasibility study and report'.

Newspaper cuttings of Take Root features and articles. This includes cuttings from The Times, Evening Times, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Herald, Daily Record, The Glaswegian, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Herald, The Scotsman, The Guardian, and Scotland on Sunday.

Various administration records, including training, workshops, planning, members information and meeting notes.

Papers of Take Root’s constitution. This includes four annotated draft copies, notes, and the final copy. The constitution lays out the aims and objectives, membership, powers and meeting information of the group.

Subseries of Take Root’s administration records, containing Take Root’s constitution papers and other administration records including training, workshops, planning and membership information.

Correspondence from various organisations concerning Take Root, other self-build projects, membership, building sites and available land and meeting arrangements. Also included is correspondence between Sue John, co-founder of Take Root, and the editor of the Evening Times concerning an article about Take Root, with John claiming the article is ‘badly written, but also factually wrong’.

Correspondence from Community Self-Build Scotland concerning training, housing association information, the Scottish Community Self-Build Forum and information on funding.