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HAPPY NEWS!
Community wealth is happening everywhere! Here are some stories of people and communities coming together to build businesses and movements that create economies that sustain people and planet.
KIERAN WALLACE
Kieran Wallace, a gardener who dreams of a community garden center where people can go to get help.Now we're making a film about his journey, the social economy in Liverpool and the impact helping one person can have.
CARRICK GREENGROCERS
The local community came together in Carrick to crowdfund and start their own greengrocers, giving the community easy access to local affordable food. Source: AntidoteLive, see read more Antidote Live stories here.
DRIVERS COOP COLORADO
In Colorado, people have banded together to create a community-owned rideshare where drivers are paid 80% of the fare, compared to 20-60% with the dominant apps. They also have resources for drivers can create their own in cities across America -- and the world. Link: Drivers Coop Colorado
THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE
The Social Enterprise Alliance is "creating a new equitable economic norm by catalyzing social enterprises in the U.S. to grow their revenue and their impact."
KINDRED
Kindred are building their own social economy in the Liverpool City Region, so far having invested over £2 million in local Social Trading Organisations. Read some case studies here.
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING: WHAT IS IT?
Community wealth building is one way to create community wealth in your community. Learn more about community wealth building in the US and UK from The Democracry Collab.
PHILANTHRO-CAPITALISM AND THE END OF CHARITY?THE RISE OF BUSINESS FOR PURPOSE OVER PROFIT
Simon Squibb created a platform where all the profits go to fund people's dreams of starting businesses for purpose. His claim to fame are street interviews where he asked people "What's Your Dream?" and gives them the belief in themselves (and a bit of funding) to start businesses for purpose and freedom.Learn more about the end of the charity model of top-down solutions and the rise of entrepreneurship for good and community self-empowerment through the Third Sector's End of Charity podcast.
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MORE STORIES OF COMMUNITY WEALTH
Mondragon is a longstanding example of the benefits of cooperation at scale.
Did you know there's an economy based on happiness in Bhutan?
Movements are happening everywhere prioritising balance and wellbeing. You might have heard of the wellbeing economy, the new economy, doughnut economics, the circular economy, and many others!
2024 HIGHLIGHTS
FROM THE WELLBEING ECONOMY ALLIANCE
🙋🏾♀️ In a large-scale survey in 17 G20 countries by Ipsos UK for Earth4All & Global Commons Alliance, 68% of people said the economy should prioritise the health and wellbeing of people and nature – not just increasing profits and wealth.
🗞️ Major news outlets like the The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and the BBC covered beyond growth economics while documentaries like Outgrow the System, Purpose and Finding the Money helped reach new audiences.
📈 UN member states embraced the need to move beyond GDP at the Summit of the Future.
🇧🇷 Brazil’s Council for Sustainable Economic & Social Development of the Presidency recommended Brazil adopt a Wellbeing Economy Framework.
🗣️ Washington became the first US state to fund a People’s Assembly through the Washington Economic Justice Alliance.
🔌 Our Afrikan Liberation Hub held their first gathering while new hubs formed in England and Norway. A relaunch in Costa Rica takes the total number of WEAll hubs to 18.
💡 Nobel laureate Angus Deaton argued that mainstream economics needs a fundamental rethink. And the OECD OECD - OCDE platformed new economy thinkers like Darrick Hamilton Katherine Trebeck and Kate Raworth.
WILL YOU MAKE THE 2025 LIST?
This is just a small fraction of the stories in the community wealth movement where practical steps bring us together so we can help each other build wealth for purpose, transforming our lives and the world too.Lives are being transformed every day.Community wealth is the future.Ready to be a part of it?
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OUR MISSION
Hi, I'm J. Friday, and I believe empowering our communities with business for purpose and driven by automation is the most leveraged way to transform our lives, our relationships, and our world.This is community wealth and this is the future. A future where people, planet, and purpose thrive.To align with our mission, we contribute a portion of our work hours to developing business self-empowerment tools and free helping-systems for early stage projects building community wealth.We are Liverpool, UK based and digitally serving the world.
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