by localisewm | Mar 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Localism, News
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about” Margaret J. Wheatley (2002) Turning to one another: simple conversations to restore hope to restore hope to the future I write this on 27 March, a few days after lockdown was...
by localisewm | Oct 21, 2019 | Co-operatives, Economics, Employee ownership, Localism, Social Enterprise, Urban
In 2008 a group of local institutions came together to facilitate an economic breakthrough in Cleveland, Ohio. They aimed to create a more sustainable, green economy in a post-industrial city that had experienced population decline and capital flight over several...
by Mel | Jun 20, 2019 | Local economies, Localism
Anchor institutions are a core part of some community wealth building models. We’ve previously blogged about how, by considering their use of their significant purchasing power, these organisations can have wide ripples in their local communities. CLES is...
by localisewm | Nov 14, 2018 | Co-operatives, Council, Economy, Finance, Local economies, Localism, People power, Transport
A year ago the residents of Hawes were in the news after launching their own Little White Bus in 2011 to meet the trains at Garsdale station seven miles away. Today they have a fleet of 10 minibuses that rely on 53 volunteer drivers and nine part-time staff, ferrying...
by localisewm | Mar 2, 2017 | City council, Co-operatives, Democracy, Economy, Local economies, Localism, Procurement
A link has been received to a Guardian report about the ‘Preston model’ – for background information see Clifford Singer’s interesting article on the Next System Project’s website. Councillor Matthew Brown, Preston city council cabinet member for social justice,...
by localisewm | Jan 31, 2016 | Books and articles, Democracy, Devolution, Economics, Education, Employment, Government, Health, Local economies, Local government, Localisation, Localism, People power, Planning, Politics, Regional economies, Tax, Transition
A notable omission from Localise West Midlands’ extensive range of articles about, or with references to localism, is a review of a book by Simon Jenkins: Big Bang Localism: a rescue plan for British democracy. In this book he attributes the decline in British voter...
