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Association of Financial Mutuals | trade body that represents mutual and not-for-profit insurers, friendly societies and other financial mutuals |
CLES | the national association for local economies |
Cleveland Model | the idea for the ‘Preston Model’ came from Cleveland, Ohio |
Clone Town Britain | report from the New Economics Foundation on how all UK town centres look the same because of corporate chains |
Common Ground | promoting local distinctiveness |
Community-Wealth.org | US site with good info on community wealth building |
Deep Adaptation | why the environmental crisis means we need re-localisation |
Deep Adaptation | deep adaptation in communities |
Democracy Collaborative | fostering ecological sustainability and promoting flourishing democratic and community life (US) |
Flatpack Democracy | power tools for reclaiming local politics |
Friendly Societies | worldwide alliance of small communities committed to providing mutual support in emergencies |
Friendly Society | more from Wikipedia |
Indie-Town.uk | promoting a non-divisive independent local politics |
Municipal Enquiry | ‘speaking to as many of the people and groups in the UK as possible who are currently working to build alternative forms of grassroots, municipal and community power’ |
New Municipalism | article about social movement to reinvigorate local economies, without state funding |
Preston City Council | info on the ‘Preston Model’ of local procurement |
Psychology Today | why we need each other |
REconomy Project | helping start local businesses |
Restart Parties | where people teach each other how to repair their broken and slow devices |
Shareable | over 300 ‘how to’ guides to help you share more in your community |
Smallholding Societies | list of local smallholding societies in the UK |
Streetbank | charity enabling people to share things in their communities |
Transition Network | Find your nearest Transition initiative |