National emergency – local responses – positive changes
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about” Margaret J. Wheatley (2002) Turning...
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#WM2041 Green green paper on the WM response to Climate Change
So you’ve declared a Climate Emergency. Now what? Now you need to make a plan, set targets, decide your priorities,...
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RESO – Supporting growth in Montreal, from within
We continue our series of blogs exploring best practice examples of Community Economic Development from around the globe, this time...
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How Cambridge is supporting public houses in the local community
Localising Prosperity is a model for integrating community economic development into everyday business and understanding and building upon an area’s...
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Future Models for Community Energy
I recently attended a workshop on Future Models for Community Energy hosted by Community Energy England and Power To Change....
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Gloucestershire Gateway Trust
Gloucestershire Gateway Trust - a groundbreaking partnership between a retailer and local communities - with implications for the way cooperative...
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Alternative Finance – Could the past inform our future?
When people think about the economy, one thing that springs to mind is banks and money. And any attempts to...
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Localise the West Midland – NOW!
With politically motivated disruptions to the globalised trading system increasing the risk of another global crash; Localise West Midlands continues...
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Localising Corporate Social Responsibility
Enfield, North London, has been recovering from de-industrialisation during the 1980s and unemployment, low skills and deprivation remain stubbornly high....
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Bold ideas on housing
This isn’t a blog about the UK's broken housing system – we all know it does not provide decent and...
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USE-IT! Toulouse Field Trip
As part of the USE-IT! project, a group from Birmingham attended a conference in Toulouse called by URBACT. The group included...
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The future of mobility
Here at Localise West Midlands we've been having a bit of a deep dive into priority policy areas and thinking...
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10 Ideas to help your area flourish from within
Mainstreaming Community Economic Development is about encouraging economic development to develop from within. About understanding and building upon an area’s...
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Inclusive Economy Case Study 11 – Cash Smart Credit Savvy
We’re highlighting some of the inspiring Civil Society case studies gathered for our ‘Connecting Cranes with Communities, How can the...
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