CLES - Centre for Local Economic Strategies

It's official - we're a permanent four-day week organisation 🎉 After trialling the #4dayworkweek for the past year we have decided to make it permanent. This move allows us to demonstrate our commitment to not only thinking differently but also doing differently, whilst also ensuring our colleagues are able to rest, recharge and reflect. Read our CEO Sarah Longlands’ thoughts here: https://lnkd.in/egqHtnFs

Summer hols got your 🧠 itching for a bit of stimulation? Our online Introduction to #ComunityWealthBuilding workshops offer a full rundown on the approach, with examples of how it's being applied in place and the chance to discuss the implications and applications with a cohort of peers. Learn more - https://ow.ly/WC7k50SQW1s

Everything you've always wanted to know about #CWB* (*but were afraid to ask) Our online Introduction to #ComunityWealthBuilding workshops offer a full rundown on the approach, with examples of how it's being applied in place and the chance to discuss the implications and applications with a cohort of peers. Learn more - https://ow.ly/JXO650SQWbO

What (or who) is planning for? The new government see planning reform as the key to unlocking growth, but, as Sarah Longlands writes for the Municipal Journal, there is much they can learn from the experience of local authorities who have leant into the current system to make effective use of land and assets to deliver genuinely affordable homes and local infrastructure. 👉 https://ow.ly/2Pc350SO1Zn

Does your MP understand CWB? Last week we wrote to all MPs with a briefing on community wealth building - where it's happening, the impact it's having and the ways it can support a better future for the UK's places. Take a look and feel free to share it with your MP again, just in case they need a little reminder 😉 https://ow.ly/UAQH50SEKSm

Is now the time to reconsider #CommunityWealthBuilding? #CWB aligns well with the new government's noises on total place budgeting and ministers have already started talking about the power of local institutions to build healthier local economies, writes Helen Power for the Local Government Chronicle. 👉 https://lnkd.in/daKhywb6

The government's manifesto promises signal "the connection to wider regional economic policy and devolution, as key answers to making a difference to the social determinants of health and, through that, to health inequalities" says The King's Fund's David Buck in this excellent piece: https://ow.ly/UtOJ50SEtNK (all the more excellent for its cheeky wee mention of our joint project on regional devolution and health outcomes)

UK wide and local economic policy is failing women, says Leah Millthorne - and not just the two child benefit cap - drawing on the research that we did on what it means to centre woman in local economic strategies: cles.org.uk/WomensWork #changeislocal

"A quick and cost effective way to reduce child poverty rates" Ahead of tomorrow's King's Speech, CLES's Leah Millthorne makes the case for lifting the two child benefit cap to be amongst the 35 pieces of legislation introduced to Parliament this session. Find out more about our recommendations for how local economies can work better for women in Women's Work🔗 https://lnkd.in/ejGD5ymF

Kier's off to see the mayors! The new PM continues on his UK tour today, connecting with the CA mayors. But what should they talk about? 🧊To break the ice they could look at our recommendations on how to reframe devolution: https://ow.ly/mVqT50Sx9Vc 🔎Then get into the detail with our joint paper as part of the Reclaiming Our Regional Economies project: https://ow.ly/inWF50Sx9Va 📑And round things off with a look at this blog on what good devolution really looks like: https://ow.ly/ZBZs50Sx9V5