Delighted to announce that we're now members of Wellbeing Economy Alliance - WEAll, standing alongside over 400 organisations and thousands of individuals who agree that our economic system is not working fairly for everyone and that we need to put people and planet in front of profit.

Delighted to have been part of a new report from ColegauCymru | CollegesWales, Cwmpas and Welsh Government exploring the social value of #furthereducation #colleges in Wales ✨

Launched this week with John Griffiths and Lynne neagle

Read more ➡️ ow.ly/ME3M50Rnk81

Changing places outlines five new directions for social value - David Burch outlines them at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. 🧵

.David Burch kicks off proceedings at the launch of our new paper, Changing Places, by discussing why now is an important moment for social value.

Read the paper here: cles.org.uk/publications/c…

Voters are x2 as likely to trust local politicians to improve their area. How can CAsmake good on that trust?

Tom Lloyd Goodwin discusses a new joint paper reflecting on a year's work, alongside @nef, Co-operatives UK and Centre for Thriving Places.

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'The choices we make about how our economy operates systematically generate inequality and poverty'

Sarah Longlands writes for Joseph Rowntree Foundation blog on the multiple councils, metro mayors and NHS bodies pointing the way to a new economics for the whole country.

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🎥 Should NHS England be abolished in favour of more power to combined authorities?

@Tomlloydgoodwin reflects on the latest debates in health devo, including report from Reform and our work with @thekingsfund @healthfoundation.

KF blog here: kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Great to see our Ellie Radcliffe sharing her thoughts on why we need to socialise the ownership of energy at last month's RWE & Co enteignen People's Summit in Vienna.

Really pleased to be exploring community wealth building in the context of the global south with IACD - register here to hear Sarah Longlands and Julian Boys present their thinking: ow.ly/xwzg50RePGJ

This new dashboard from The Health Foundation is a great tool for LAs to explore health inequalities in their place: ow.ly/K50S50ReQm6

We're also pleased to be working with them alongside The King's Fund exploring how CAs can impact health inequalities: ow.ly/hjKz50ReQm7

For too long we’ve been talking about gender equality as if it wasn’t relevant to the question of how we build strong local economies.

Sarah Longlands column for The MJ this month covers our recent joint reporting with Women's Budget Group 🔗 bit.ly/3PP4EAF

Important but (depressingly) unsurprising news. A focus on capital projects was always going to struggle to deliver on the real objectives: theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

But there are ways. The guide we produced with APSE news shows how some places are getting more from LUF money and

What a great threesome - interesting discussion guaranteed 💬

Vital piece of work from Women's Budget Group + (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies showing barriers to paid work for women + disadvantages incl underemployment + lower pay mean that £88.7bn of GVA is lost to the economy every year – equivalent to the annual contribution of the financial services sector.

Delighted to see coverage of #WomensWork on the front page of today’s The Yorkshire Post - link 👇 and read the full report at CLES.org.uk/womenswork

The next WYCA economic strategy will look at how to support childcare provision, flexible working and other measures to ensure more women have the same economic opportunities as men, says Tracy For Mayor 🌹 at the launch of #WomensWork

These stats are a wake up call - getting it right for women means getting it right for everyone in our economy, says Sarah Longlands at the launch of #WomensWork CLES.org.uk/womenswork

Today we're at Bruntwood SciTech in Leeds, with Tracy For Mayor 🌹 to launch Women's Work - new research with Women's Budget Group, supported by Columbia Threadneedle Foundation, developed with Leeds Council News.

Follow our updates and read the 📰 at cles.org.uk/womenswork