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/