Further Links

 

To find out more about Community Wealth Building (CWB), we invite you to visit the sites below:

 

Centre for Local Economies (CLES) is an independent economics think tank and are recognised as the UK’s leading voice on Community Wealth Building. They work collaboratively across the UK and Ireland to develop solutions that ensure economies are rooted in the places people call home. They collaborate as equals with all levels of government, local institutions and communities – challenging outdated methods and tackling local issues with practical, long-term solutions: http://cles.org.uk/ 

 

Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS) support social enterprises, third sector organisations and community groups across the country who are looking to start up, grow, or maximise their impact. They understand the unique challenges that each face and are committed to providing tailored support to help achieve their goals via a team of expert advisers to guide them every step of the way. https://www.ceis.org.uk

 

Circular Communities Scotland support and represent over 270 repair, reuse and recycling charities and social enterprises across the country, who prevent products and materials from entering landfill, create local jobs, economic opportunities, and help promote and create social and environmental justice in their communities: http://www.circularcommunities.scot/

 

The Democracy Collaborative is an action-oriented think-do tank seeking to build a democratic economy through political-economic system change from the bottom up. They do this both through their on-the-ground practice – Community Wealth Building – and through interventions in the ideas system and at the level of policy and strategy, organised around the larger frame of a democratic economy as their contender to become the next system of political economy: www.democracycollaborative.org/

 

Development Trusts Association Scotland (DTAS) assist communities all over Scotland – large and small, rural and urban, mainland and island-based – to set up development trusts to help their neighbourhoods flourish through community-led activity, partnership working and enterprise: https://dtascot.org.uk/

 

Economic Development Association Scotland (EDAS) is the country’s foremost membership driven association for all organisations and individuals with an interest in economic development. They aim to improve this activity in Scotland by helping to raise the knowledge, skills and networks of those involved in all of its aspects. They are the ‘go to’ body for all those who have an interest in Scotland’s economic development: http://edas.org.uk/ 

 

Scottish Government - Community Wealth Building - explain how this is an approach to economic development that seeks to transform local and regional economic systems to enable local communities and people to own, have a greater stake in, access and benefit from the wealth our economy generates via harnessing leverage of local ‘anchor’ organisations such as local councils, health boards and colleges: http://www.gov.scot/policies/cities-regions/community-wealth-building/

 

Social Enterprise Scotland are an independent, membership-led organisation, which unites and represents social enterprises in Scotland. They are growing collaborative movement so that all social enterprises have a stronger collective voice: https://socialenterprise.scot/

 

Useful Employability Links

 

Fair Work in Scotland is an initiative and policy approach aimed at making high-quality, fair working conditions a core part of the nation's economy. Defined by five main pillars namely: effective voice, opportunity, security, fulfilment, and respect, it balances the rights and duties of both workers and employers. It aspires to drive success, wellbeing and prosperity for individuals, businesses, organisations and society across Scotland and is led by the Fair Work Convention: https://www.mygov.scot/introduction-to-fair-work

 

Fair Work Convention is an independent body which brings together employers, trade unions and academic expertise. It’s role is to provide impartial advice and recommendations on Fair Work to Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Government and policy makers to support the Fair Work agenda, as well as to advocate and promote Fair Work across Scotland: https://fairworkconvention.scot/about-the-convention/

 

Fair Work Convention Data Visualisation Tool is a resource which contains a range of Fair Work data that can be used to understand Fair Work, benchmark existing practice and identify areas where improvement can be made. Data is sorted under the five dimensions of Fair Work set out in the Fair Work Framework (effective voice, fulfilment, opportunity, respect and security): https://scotland.shinyapps.io/fwc-dashboard/

 

Fair Work Framework is a Scottish Policy Guide designed by the Fair Work Convention to explain the dimensions of Fair Work (effective voice; opportunity; security; fulfilment and respect) in greater detail and how they can be achieved: https://fairworkconvention.scot/the-fair-work-framework/

 

Fair Work Employer Support Tool: this is an interactive online resource designed by the Fair Work Convention, Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government. Its aim is to help employers and workers evaluate, measure, and improve workplace practices based on the five core dimensions: effective voice, opportunity, security, fulfilment, and respect: http://www.fairworktool.scot 

 

Fair Work Self-Assessment Tool for Workers is a free self-assessment tool that has been developed by the Fair Work Convention to help employees assess how fair they think their workplace is. It also helps to identify areas for improvement, with advice and resources: https://tool.fairworkconvention.scot/

 

Access to Work can help individuals get or stay in work if they have a physical or mental health condition or disability. Support provided depends on needs. Applications can pay for grants to help get practical support, managing mental health and/or money to pay for communication support at job interviews: http://www.gov.uk/access-to-work

 

Become a Disability Confident Employer: The Disability Confident scheme is a UK Government initiative designed to encourage employers to recruit, retain, and develop disabled people: http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

 

The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. It sets out the different ways in which it’s unlawful to treat someone. The law protects individuals based on nine specific personal traits, known as "protected characteristics namely: age; gender reassignment; being married or in a civil partnership; being pregnant or on maternity leave; disability; race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation: 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance

 

Flexibility Works are Scotland’s Flexible Working Experts and home of the Flexible Workplace Accreditation. They are a boutique consultancy and training organisation that provides practical tools, support and resources to help employers create a successful flexible working culture. They are a team of leading experts and commentators, bringing a depth of knowledge, insight and years of practical experience to help businesses and individuals thrive: http://www.flexibilityworks.org/

 

Investors in People is a community interest company and an agent of change, calling for a movement that puts people first – for the benefit of every person in every workplace, increased productivity across organisations, and a stronger, healthier and happier society: http://www.investorsinpeople.com/

 

Become a Living Wage Employer: The real Living Wage remains the only UK Wage rate calculated on the real cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 16,000 UK businesses who have chosen to transform millions of people’s lives and raise the bar for what decent work looks like in the UK:     https://www.livingwage.org.uk/what-real-living-wage

 

 

Additional Links

The following are a list of organisations who have already adopted the principles of CWB in order to better the lives of their communities.

Castle Community Bank: https://castlecommunitybank.co.uk/

Edinburgh School Uniform Bank: http://edinburghuniform.org/

The Edinburgh Solar Co-Operative: https://www.edinburghsolar.coop/

Mclaughlin & Harvey: https://www.mclh.co.uk/

The Original Rosslynn Inn: http://theoriginalrosslyninn.co.uk/

The Ridge: http://the-ridge.org.uk/

The Ridge Foundations: https://the-ridge.org.uk/the-ridge-foundations/

Whale Arts: https://www.whalearts.co.uk/