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Adam Smith’s invisible hand and visible hands in Birmingham
Birmingham has long been a city with some of the highest levels of deprivation in western Europe, living with fears for the future as the loss of big manufacturing becomes apparently permanent....
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Rebuilding of local economies and local politics
. It is fitting, as the last post paid tribute to LWM’s founding member George Morran, that this one takes up a theme related to the work George has undertaken for many years. LWM co-founder Colin...
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Food for Thought for Food & Our Future on 14th May
Our discussion event on food poverty, food access and health – Food & Our Future in the West Midlands – is exactly two weeks away now and getting booked up already, so do book now. We want this...
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A Future Beyond Growth: event, Sat 5th July 9.30am
You are invited to A Future Beyond Growth – a half-day event to explore the policy and practice changes needed for a better (sustainable and socially just) economy, and how we can make it happen....
View ArticleDo you like what we do? Is there an opportunity here?
“It’s really the right time for your organisation now” “The Localise Prosperity site and resources are fantastic – I can’t tell you how brilliant it was for someone in a role like mine to find the...
View ArticleFuture Governance for the West Midlands – a workshop: 24th March 2015
At the UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Please email to book a place. This workshop is organised by the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at Birmingham University in conjunction with the Futures Network...
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The Birmingham Pound: not just a piece of cake…
It’s been fantastic to see all the interest in the potential of a Birmingham Pound over the last few days. Just one tweet following a very first-stage meeting of a few potentially interested people,...
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Bristol Pound – Birmingham Pound?
In March LWM’s co-ordinator reported the local interest in the potential of a Birmingham Pound – the Birmingham Mail following up one tweet about a first-stage meeting of a few potentially interested...
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Time Banks summary
Assembled because of the 15th October, Public Timebanking event in Birmingham The world’s first time bank is said to have been established in 1973 by a Japanese woman. The benefits that older time bank...
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Globalisation: ’more trade, more production for export and more foreign...
As news from Dash.com reports that Birmingham (UK) is looking to its local workforce and supply chain, Helena Norberg-Hodge’s TedX talk on localisation takes us much further. Many concerns, including...
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A People’s Plan for the West Mids? Worth a shot, but needs the people
While we and some other organisations in Birmingham have been busy forming the Civil Society Forum to provide a voice for civil society into the workings of the new Combined Authority, Hodge Hill MP...
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Bringing community wealth to Birmingham
We’re really pleased to report that Birmingham City Council will be working with the excellent Centre for Local Economic Strategies, with funding from Barrow Cadbury Trust and support from us at...
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Land – they’re not making it any more – how to use it effectively in the West...
Have you got a minute to contribute your thoughts to the West Midlands Combined Authority Land Commission call for evidence? Deadline is 14th Oct. It will consider “what measures could be initiated and...
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A better way to challenge trade deals
One of the upsetting things about both Brexit and Trump’s victory in America, is that they have taken some solutions from the progressive left and green movements, intermingled them with the nastiness...
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Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lucas Plan on 26th Nov!
Veteran trade unionists and younger activists see Nobel prize-nominated plan as inspiration for the future Leading figures from the left, trade union, environmental and peace movements are coming...
View ArticleSmile, you’re on TV! A West Midlands Combined Authority meeting is filmed
As Localise West Midlands, we are playing an important role in pressing for and enabling a civil society voice about the West Midlands Combined Authority, bringing together people and organisations...
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The Exeter Pound
The Exeter Pound is one of the many local currencies on the “transition currency” model, like Bristol Pound and our own proposed Birmingham Pound. It is a local currency run by the people of Exeter...
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Doncaster leads on local sourcing
As local sourcing where appropriate is central to relocalising and strengthening regional economies, many will welcome news of a pledge made by Doncaster’s Mayor Ros Jones to ‘buy local’. Business Desk...
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Can you help us to inspire and catalyse a better economy?
Join LWM’s board We know our work towards localising and redistributing prosperity resonates with a lot of people. We’d love some of that resonance to draw people to get involved in governing our...
View ArticleLocalising Prosperity – a short film
We are delighted to launch our new Localising Prosperity video – a seven-minute film exploring better ways to do economics. Through four projects that exemplify aspects of the Localising Prosperity...
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