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What we are calling for

Some communities not only have severe socio-economic challenges, they also lack social infrastructure – defined as places and spaces to meet, digital and physical connectivity, and an active and engaged community.

Research by Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI) and Local Trust has identified 225 neighbourhoods with these features, which are perhaps the most ‘left behind’ in England. Outcomes in these areas are markedly worse than in other, equally deprived, areas: unemployment is higher, health is poorer, and educational attainment and participation in higher education are much lower. And COVID-19 has likely exacerbated existing challenges for these neighbourhoods.

‘Left behind’ neighbourhoods have traditionally missed out on funding. They are in urgent need of a new funding response that provides targeted investment and supports sustainable, community-led change.

We are calling on government to dedicate the next wave of dormant assets (from stocks, shares, bonds, insurance and pension policies) to create a new, independent endowment – the Community Wealth Fund.

The Community Wealth Fund would be based on four principles:

Provision of long-term funding (10 -15 years)

Neighbourhood investment at the hyper-local level

Community-led decision making

Building community confidence and capacity

Distribution according to these principles would shift the dial in these areas, giving residents the means to develop the services and facilities that meet their needs and aspirations, and build social and economic capital.

Join Us

The Community Wealth Fund Alliance

The Community Wealth Fund is supported by an Alliance of over 560 organisations from civil society, and the public and private sectors. Members include over 45 local and combined authorities from across England.

Alliance members

The following organisations have joined the alliance and endorsed the Community Wealth Fund proposal:

16-2-25 Advice Advocacy Action

3rd Age Hostelling and Housing/Sparkle Housing Co-operative.

4 Community Trust CiC

A New Direction

A2NDVOICE

Abram Ward Community Cooperative

Access – The Foundation for Social Investment

ACE – Action in Caerau & Ely

Action for Happiness

Action Homeless Leicester

Action with Communities Rural Kent

Acumen Academy UK

Age UK Doncaster

Airedale Enterprise Services

Albion Incorporated

All the Small Things CiC

Allerdale Borough Council

Alridha Foundation

Alyth Development Trust

Ambassadors Football

Ambition Lawrence Weston

Arcade Group Dewsbury

Arches Local (Central Chatham, Luton Arches)

Arts and Crafts Community Centre

Artsmill

Aspire Housing

Aspire Wrestling Alliance Ltd

Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)

Association of Charitable Organisations (ACO)

Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)

Atkinson Foundation

Awaaz FM Community Radio CIC

Axis Educational Trust

Bark ‘N’ Bound

Barnet Council

Barnfield Big Local

Barnsley Council

Barrow Borough Council

Barrow Cadbury Trust

Barrow Island Community and Sports Trust

Barrowcliff Big Local

Basingstoke Voluntary Action

Beechwood, Ballantyne & Bidston Big Local Partnership

Befriending Networks

Bell Green Community Centre

Belle Vue Community, Sports & Youth Centre

Berkshire Community Foundation

Better Way Recovery

Big 4 Littlemoor

Big Local Broad Green

Big Local Central Jarrow

Big Local DY10 HBG

Big Society Capital

Bilston People’s Centre

Bilston Resource Centre

Birmingham City Council

Black Heroes Foundation

Blackhall Community Centre

BlindAid

Bloom Finance Group

Blue Dragonfly Resources Ltd

Bodie Hodges Foundation

Bolsover District Council

Bolsover Woodlands Enterprise Ltd

Bolton at Home

Bountagu Big Local

Bradford Youth Development Partnership

Bradley Big Local Community Land Trust Limited

brap

Brighter Opportunities for Special People (BOSP)

British Blind Sport

British Science Association

Britwell Youth and Community Project

Brixton Pound

Bromley By Bow Centre

BUD (Lead Positive Change)

Build Aid

Build Community Development

Building Communities Trust

Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service

Burnside Centre

Burton Hub Community Centre

Buttle UK

C2O futureplanners

Calderdale Council

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service

Cambridgeshire County Council

Campaign for Better Transport

Canolfan Pentre CIO

Captivate Enterprise

Careby, Aunby & Holywell Village Hall

Carers Forward CIC

Carnegie UK

Cartwheel Arts

Catalyst Support ltd

Catch22

Caution Your Blast Ltd

Centre for Excellence in Community Investment

Centre For London

Centre for Mental Health

CERT Ltd

Chance Heritage Trust

Changing Lives

Charities Aid Foundation

Charity Finance Group

Charity Retail Association

Chartered Institute of Fundraising

Chesterfield Borough Council

Children England

Church Urban Fund

Chuter Ede Community Association CIO

CIQ Agency

Citizens Advice Newcastle

City Bridge Trust

Clarion Housing Group

Co-operative and Mutual Solutions Ltd

Co-operatives UK

Cob in the Community CIC / FP&SG Residents Forum

Cognitive Paths

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

Common Capital

Communities 1st

Communities Engage and Thrive

Community and Business Support CIC

Community Campus 87 Limited

Community Infrastructure Group CIC

Community Land Use

Community Organisers

Community Southwark

Community Spirit Wirral (Community Food)

Community Transport Glasgow

Community Ventures

Compass Community Partnerships

Concordia

Connected Voice

Connecting@Veor CIC

Continuum CIC

Cooperatives West Midlands

Counter Community

CraftA

Creative Futures Midlands

Cripplegate Foundation and Islington Giving

Cross Keys Homes

Crowdfunder

Croydon Voluntary Action

Crystalisr

Dalton Parish Council

Data Associates LTD

Daventry Volunteer Centre

David Russell Associates

DERIC Youth & Community Project

Design Council

Development Trusts NI

Devonshire West Big Local

DGBG Services Limited

DIAL Peterborough

Directory of Social Change

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Dorset Community Foundation

Dover Big Local

Dover Town Council

Dover Town Team Ltd

Durham County Council

Ealing Community Network

Earlsfield Community Land Trust

East Lancashire Model Railway Charitable Organisation

Eastfield Community Association

Eastside Community Trust

Emmaus UK

Energise Sussex Coast

Energy4All

Enterprise CUBE

ERVAS

Esolperth English Language Lessons

Ethical Business Exchange

Ewanrigg Local Trust

Families & Community Support Service

Fedcap

Ferries Family Groups

Fiesta FM

Filwood Centre

First Choice Homes Oldham (Stronger Communities)

FIRST Face to Face Ltd

First Love Foundation

First Stop Darlington

Fishwick and St Matthews (FAM) Big Local

Five10Twelve

Fleetwood Trust

Food, Farming and Countryside commission

Forum for the future

Foundation Scotland

Four Estates

Frickley Athletic Community Foundation

Friends of Barnfield Estate Ltd

Friends of the earth

Friends Provident Foundation

FSE Group

FSN Charity

Fun 4 Kidz/L30 Community Centre

Funding for All

Fylde Coast Advice & Legal Centre

Gallows Close Centre

Gasped

Gaunless Gateway Big Local

Gekoglass

GHBL – Senior Citizens Working Group

Give Us A chance

GL Communities

Gloucestershire Bike Project CIC

GoDubris

Good Stuff in St Leonards

Goodwin Development Trust

Govanhill Baths Community Trust

Grapevine

GRASS Cliftonville CIC

Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO)

Greening Wingrove Community Interest Company

Grounded Community Charity

Groundwork

Groundwork Yorkshire

Growing Together Northampton

Hackney Playbus

Halifax Opportunities Trust

Halton Borough Council

Hammersley Homes Ltd

Happy Stance Yoga Therapy

Happy Village

Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project

Hartcliffe & Withywood Community Partnership

Hartlepool Borough Council

Hateley Cross Big Local

Havering Volunteer Centre

Health for All Leeds

Heart of England Community Foundation

Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust

Heart of Pitsea

Heart of Sidley

Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire

Heswall Disabled Children’s Holiday Fund

Highfields Community Association (t/a Highfields Centre)

HNM Ltd

Home-Start West Berkshire

Hope Not Hate

HOPE not hate Charitable Trust

Hospice Hope

HS4LC

HSA

Hull City Council

Hull Sisters

Human-Nature Escapes CIC

HVOSS

iCan Health and Fitness CIC

Ideas Alliance

Ideas Test

IFB Gaming

Igloo

Ilays

Impact Hub Birmingham CIC

In Kind Direct

Incredible Edible Marshland

Innovative Vision Organisation

Innovira

Inspired Neighbourhoods CIC

Intergenerational Foundation

Iona Consultancy

Jade Mutua Foundation Trust

JAGS Foundation

Jaywick Sands Community Land Trust

Jokes Arts Music

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Journey Enterprises Ltd

Kakamega Days For Girls

Katherine Low Settlement

KEDA Consulting

KensingtonVision CIC

Kent Community Housing Hub

Kent Organic and Wildlife Gardening

Kidz Aware

Kindred Legacy

Kingswood and Hazel Leys

Kirkholt Million Big Local Partnership

Kjelgaard (UK) Limited

LA Consulting

Lakeside enterprise fargosford Ltd

Lambeth Council

Lancaster District CVS

Leaders in Community

Leapfrog Finance

Learn to Rug Making

Leicester Community Services

Leigh West Big Local – Leigh Neighbours Project

Library of Things

Lidget green healthy living centre

Life Into Words

Listen to Locals

Little Chefs Big Chefs CIC

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Lloyds Bank Foundation

Local Spark Torbay

Local Trust

Locality

LocalMotion

Lofthouse Gate Community

London Communities Commission

London Community Land Trust

London Funders

London Legal Support Trust

London Youth

Longbenton Youth Project

Longview Productions Ltd

Luton Borough Council

Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe and Sutton on Sea (Coastal Community Challenge)

Makor Hayim

Manchester City Council

Manchester Community Central (MACC)

Marsh and Micklefield

MATCH Mothers

Matchmothers.org

Mayor of Greater Manchester

Mayor of the West Midlands

Medway Council

Middleton Popstars Academy of Performing Arts Ltd

Misfits Music Foundation

Mizzi Boys Mentorship

Moorsley & District CIC

More Human

Champions

Some members are Champions, who have decided to take a more active role in supporting the campaign. If your organisation is interested in becoming a Champion, please email CWF@localtrust.org.uk.

Building Communities Trust

Carnegie UK

UK Trust Centre for London Community

CVS Connected Voice

CraftA

Crystalisr

East Riding Voluntary Action Service

Groundwork

Leapfrog Finance

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

London Funders

No5 Young People

Place Shapers

Salvation Army

Tempus Novo

The Counter Community of Stoke & North Staffs

Voluntary Organisations Network North East

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods, a cross-party group of MPs and Peers that is committed to developing policy solutions for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods, has also been advocating on behalf of the proposal.

Governance

The Community Wealth Fund Alliance Advisory Group represents the wider Alliance, providing strategic advice and direction to the campaign. The group includes representatives from People’s Heath Trust, NCVO, NAVCA, Small Charities Coalition, Lloyd’s Bank Foundation for England & Wales, brap, Newcastle City Council, Brookside Big Local, Social Enterprise UK and Local Trust.

We also have in membership John Lehal who is an experienced political campaign strategist. He ran his own consultancy for twelve years.

Local Trust provides the secretariat to the campaign.

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