Essay: Integrated care systems and strategic authorities
Coming together to tackle health inequalities and the wider determinants of health Strategic authorities and integrated care systems are increasingly…
This 2018 report distils learning from ten years of work across the UK and charts a course for a future in which local wealth building is the mainstream of local economic development. It details work with six Birmingham Anchor Institutions including the City Council, the University of Birmingham, the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner, hospital, housing providers and further education colleges.
Local Wealth Building is a new approach to economic development that addresses the failure of the current agenda to generate significant benefit for local economies and people. Born out of a frustration with ‘development as usual’ approaches, Local Wealth Building provides a practical framework for generating and spreading wealth within communities. Over the last decade, people across the UK have taken on local wealth building ideas, applied them in their own communities and witnessed the fruits of their work through the growth of inclusive, living waged jobs, invigorated local supply chains, greater concentrations of local business and increased local spending.
