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In a messy world, there is not much popular sense about that thing called the ‘economy’. Some never consider it, some are happy to let the ‘free market’ do its thing, and others are well aware that our current economic system is broken. But there is an alternative – the social economy. And we’ve all got a role to play in helping it grow. Read more
After new measures released today show that 14 million people live below the poverty line in the UK, we’re opening a new project to add to the mosaic of initiatives trying to reverse this trend.
In 2016 after doing some work with the team at Caritas Westminster, they took us to visit a building. An old, run-down, disused school then social club in Wembly. Surrounded by a massive development project, the question was – sell it to developers or do something with it? Read more
It started small. It started some time ago. And it started with a focus on profit and people. It’s cooperative business. Read more
Welcome to 2016! Here’s hoping it’s a year of challenge, imagination and transformation.
Some food for thought to get the year started – here’s an interview with Collaborate where we talk about the messy process of collaborating for change. It’s only by aligning our passions, ideas and resources that we’ll ever achieve the scale of change needed to really tackle inequality in all its forms.
We’d love to hear about your experiences with collaboration.
Let’s just get on and do it! Economics has nothing to do with changing the world. I’ve never heard a bigger bunch of crap in my life.