The principles of community wealth building

Community wealth building is a response to the contemporary challenges of austerity, financialisation and provides resilience where there is risk and local economic security where there is precarity.

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Community wealth building strategies are based on five key principles, developed by CLES over the course of decades’ working with municipalities and anchor institutions across the UK and globally.

The five principles:

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