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Communities ambitious for change. Steve Wyler Locality. Our aims. Locality aims to grow a movement of independent local community organisations. We believe that local citizens should be in control of their own communities. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Communities ambitious for change

Steve Wyler Locality

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• Locality aims to grow a movement of independent local community organisations.

• We believe that local citizens should be in control

of their own communities.

• We believe in fairness. We believe everyone has something to contribute. We believe no-one should be left behind.

Our aims

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Our 650 members in the UK are a network of

similar community groups: – settlements– development trusts– social action centres– community enterprises

and others who share our aims. 

A nationwide network

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Locality members

Social enterprises – businesses trading for social purpose - not for private profit

Community enterprises – social enterprises run by local people

Community groups – independent local voluntary associations

Development trusts – multi-purpose community enterprises run by local people

Settlements – multi-purpose action-research centres originally set up by universities now run by local people

Social action centres – multi-purpose community groups run by local people

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Settlements and social action centres

“Here to stay”

Multi-purpose social action and research centres.Originally set up by universities in the 1880’s. Now run by local people. At the forefront of social change for more than 100 years.

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Ambitious and fast-growing.

Multi-purpose community enterprises.

Run by local people. A problem-solving can-do

attitude.

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Large and small, urban and rural, our members are independent, run by local people.

They work in poor communities, in places where

government agencies and private businesses have failed.

Through our network we share skills: – To trade for community benefit – social enterprise– To bring land and buildings into community ownership– To help local citizens make change happen

Our members

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Communities in control activities include: … childcare, cafes and restaurants,

managed workspace, start-up business support, affordable housing, delivery of public services, education and schools, community shops and pubs, festivals, training and employment, renewable energy, health centres, advice and legal help, community websites, transport, sports facilities, parks and gardens …

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Toynbee Hall - Whitechapel

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Hudswell Community Pub - Yorkshire

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Bradford Trident

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Ryde – Isle of Wight

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Acumen – County Durham

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Headingley - Leeds

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Slaithwaite Community Shop

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Lenton Centre - Nottingham

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Maltby Development Trust - Yorkshire

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Galeri - Caernafon

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Westway Development Trust – Ladbroke Grove, London

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Sunlight Development Trust - Gillingham

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Coin Street Community Builders – London South Bank

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Wolseley Community Economic Development Trust - Plymouth

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Cambridge House Settlement - Camberwell

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Goodwin Development Trust - Hull

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Looking forwards

Social action5,000 community organisers

Community-led planning

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Looking forwards Community assets

Transferring land and buildings to communities“Community right to buy”

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Looking forwards

Community enterprise

Business capability Investment

The Pool

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Looking forwards Building a movement

Within England, across UK, across other nationsKnowledge and skills exchange

Locality Convention Bristol 6-7 November 2012

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[email protected]

www.locality.org.uk