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Salford City Council and Dérive

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Community wealth building
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England
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What is Dérive? Founded in 2017, Dérive is Salford City Council’s wholly owned housing company, created to accelerate the delivery of genuinely affordable, well‑designed and low‑carbon homes. Its subsidiary Dérive RP achieved Registered Provider status in 2023, unlocking access to Homes England funding. Community wealth building in practice Municipal ownership: Dérive keeps control of land, tenure and affordability within the city, ensuring long‑term community benefit. Local financial power: RP status enables grant funding for social rent, while mixed‑tenure schemes help cross‑subsidise deeper affordability. Progressive procurement: Delivery partners such as Seddon…

Community Wealth Building in Fife

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Procurement
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Context Fife is Scotland’s third largest local authority area by population. It has a resident population of just under 367,000, over a third of whom live in the three principal settlements, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. Money administered to SMEs by local councils during and after the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased awareness of the capacity local SMEs might have to diversify their activities. In Fife Council economic development officers are engaging with local SMEs to make them aware of their goods and services pipeline, with a view to more…

Greater Manchester Community Wealth Hub

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Social economy
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Context Employee-owned businesses, co-operatives, social enterprises and community ownership models enable the wealth generated in places to be more equitably shared by the workers and communities who create it.   The sector currently faces a challenge of fragmented and inaccessible support that can confuse and deter potential business leaders.   The Greater Manchester Independent Inequalities Commission recommended the creation of a community wealth hub to support and grow co-operatives, mutuals, social and community enterprises in the region.  Supporting the inclusive economy Working with Co-operatives UK, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority has established Our Business. This…

I Can

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Employment
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Context During the pandemic, Birmingham Anchor Network members Pioneer Housing Group identified that vulnerable residents were at risk of redundancy. At the same time Birmingham University Hospital Trust were struggling to recruit to entry level positions. Through their membership of the Network, they were able to develop a pilot scheme – Hospitality to Health. The project has then expanded in scope in November 2021 and renamed as I Can. It is led by the Birmingham & Solihull ICB, and has been designed, managed and delivered by a partnership of Anchor Network stakeholders…

Salford Third Sector Grants Fund 

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Community wealth building
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Context The Fund provides voluntary organisations, community groups, social enterprises and primary schools across all parts of the city with a small investment, to help them address some of the key health priorities in Salford. The CCG has provided the framework for the grant programme with a very clear focus on health and wellbeing, as well as providing £1m per year of Funding. Salford CVS’s role is to promote, administer and award the grants as well as ensure that the Fund is robustly monitored and evaluated. The Grant Fund provides a great example…

Abney Park – council land for energy production 

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Land and regeneration
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Context    London’s green spaces have significant potential for green energy. Hackney Council have committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2040 and recognised the opportunity to use their green assets to support this.  Abney Park is one of the “magnificent seven” cemeteries of London, but its Chapel had been gutted in the 1980s by fire and vandalism. The building was hoarded off for public safety in 2012 and the Council completed a restoration programme on the structure of the building in 2017.  In 2020 Hackney Council, with Possible – a  climate change charity based in the Borough – identified Abney Park as an opportunity to install new, green…

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