Further Links
To find out more about Community Wealth Building you may wish to visit the sites below;
Scottish Government - Community Wealth Building https://www.gov.scot/policies/cities-regions/communitywealth-building/
EDAS (Economic Development Association Scotland) https://edas.org.uk/
CLES – The national organisation for local economies https://cles.org.uk/
Scottish Land Commission https://www.landcommission.gov.scot/
DTAS – Development Trusts Association Scotland, is the national member organisation for development trusts in Scotland https://dtascot.org.uk/
Social Enterprise Scotland https://socialenterprise.scot/
The Democracy Collaborative - Learn about their ground breaking efforts in Community Wealth Building which started in Cleveland, Ohio https://democracycollaborative.org/
Circular Economies Scotland, who represent over 200 repair, reuse and recycling charities and social enterprises across the country https://www.circularcommunities.scot/
CEIS Community Enterprise in Scotland or the CEIS Group is focused on making Scotland a better place to live and work with a more inclusive economy. We support businesses, communities and individuals throughout Scotland. https://www.ceis.org.uk/
Useful Employability Links
Fair Work Employer Support Tool, Scottish Enterprise www.fairworktool.scot
2025 vision for Fair Work www.gov.scot/publications/fair-work-action-plan
What is Fair Work? www.fairworkconvention.scot/the-fair-work-framework/
Fair Work First: guidance – gov.scot www.gov.scot
Become a living wage employer https://www.livingwage.org.uk/what-real-living-wage
Commit to the Scottish Business Pledge https://scottishbusinesspledge.scot/
Become a disability confident employer https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disabilityconfident-campaign
Find out about The Equality Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
Learn more about the support available through Investors in People https://www.investorsinpeople.com/
Find out about Flexibility Works https://www.flexibilityworks.org/
Learn how your business can benefit from ‘Access to Work’ https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Other Links - These are a few organisations who have already adopted the principles of CWB in order to better the lives of their communities
A Greener Hawick https://greenhawick.org/
Castle Community Bank https://castlecommunitybank.co.uk/
Edinburgh School Uniform Bank https://edinburghuniform.org/
GoBeyond https://wearegobeyond.org/
Mclaughlin & Harvey ltd https://www.mclh.co.uk/
Move On Wood Recycling https://moveonwood.org.uk/
The Edinburgh Solar Co-Operative https://www.edinburghsolar.coop/
The Original Rosslyn Inn https://theoriginalrosslyninn.co.uk/
The Ridge https://the-ridge.org.uk/
The Ridge Foundations https://the-ridge.org.uk/the-ridge-foundations/
Whale Arts https://www.whalearts.co.uk/