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Community wealth building case studies

Dozens of local authorities, anchor institutions, combined authorities and UK nations are working with CLES on developing community wealth building approaches that are appropriate to the context of their place.

Community wealth building places

Birmingham →
Brighton and Hove →
Darlington →
Leeds →
Luton →
Manchester →
Newham →
North Ayrshire →
Preston →
Southampton →
Wigan →
Wirral →

Anchor institutions delivering community wealth building in place

Health

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust →
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust →
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust →

Housing

Community Gateway Association →
L&Q housing association and Foundation →
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing →

The five pillars of community wealth building – in action

Local pension funds→
Mutuals and community banks→
Credit unions→ 

Small enterprises→
Co-operatives→
Municipal ownership→
Insourcing→
Creative economy→

The Real Living Wage→
Good Employment Charter→
Recruitment from “hard to reach” groups→

Local spending to support local enterprise→
Social value frameworks→
Pre-qualification criteria→
Market shaping for the commissioning of services→

Community land trusts→
The commons→

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