CLES: Community Wealth Building Conversations 

5th, 12th, 19th & 26th of November 2024 12:00 noon – 1.30pm online.

 

This autumn, CLES is bringing together experts and enthusiasts to tackle the most important questions facing practitioners and followers of the community wealth-building movement. Over four sessions, they will look at the relationship between community wealth building and the new government’s growth agenda, the role it can play in tackling challenges in rural places, the way that it is changing conversations about the economy in the Celtic nations and how community wealth building is being used to create healthier places.

Find out more and book your place here.

Research

On September 3rd, CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) released its new guide, How to Build an Anchor Network: From Starting Up to Maximising Impact.

What is an anchor institution? Traditionally, this definition has been applied to public institutions such as local authorities, the NHS, housing associations and higher and further education. However, organisations in the private and VCSE sectors are increasingly beginning to play a role.

On September 3rd, CLES (Centre for Local Economic Strategies) released its new guide, How to Build an Anchor Network: From Starting Up to Maximising Impact.

An anchor institution is one that has the necessary economic impact to be able to play a role – beyond their prime function – as a force for good in the local economy. They must also be an organisation that is anchored in – and could not move from – a particular geography.

Traditionally, this definition has been applied to public institutions such as local authorities, the NHS, housing associations and higher and further education. However, increasingly, organisations in the private and VCSE sectors are beginning to play a role.

Full details here.

 

Background:

CLES: The Centre for Local Economic Strategies

Established in 1986, they are a Manchester-based charity working towards a future where local economies benefit people, place and the planet. CLES say this will happen when wealth and power serve local people, rather than the other way around, enabling communities to flourish. They have an international reputation for their pioneering work on community wealth building and are recognised as the curators of the movement in the UK.