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CLES shares UK learning globally: supporting places worldwide to build inclusive local economies and tackle the root causes of economic inequality.

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23.04.2026

John Heneghan

Periods of global instability are increasingly felt through local economies. The unfolding events involving Iran are the latest in a…

26.11.2024

Sarah Evans

This article originally appeared in the MJ. CLES’s most recent community wealth building conversation event, chaired by Huw Thomas, Director of…

13.05.2024

This short briefing summarises the core principles of community wealth building – a place-focussed approach to economic development which centres…

07.05.2020

This paper summarises the origins of community wealth building and the five key pillars as defined by CLES. It was authored by…

07.05.2020

That is why it is timely to today celebrate a new relationship in the community wealth building family, in the…

10.04.2019

This publication presents the stories of three London boroughs – Islington, Hackney and Camden – which are enacting a series…