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 600 organisations from civil society, and the public and private sectors. Members include over 50 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
Active Community Enterprise
Acumen Academy UK
Age UK Doncaster
Age UK Rotherham
Age UK Thanet
Airedale Enterprise Services
Albion Incorporated
All the Small Things CiC
Allerdale Borough Council
Alridha Foundation
Alyth Development Trust
Ambassadors Football
Ambition Lawrence Weston
Annfield plain community centre
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
Briardale House Youth & Community Projects Ltd
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 Council
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
CAPE Mental Health Charity
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
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 Revival UK (LTD)
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 District Council
Dover Town Council
Dover Town Team Ltd
Durham County Council
Ealing Community Network
Earlsfield Community Land Trust
Easington Social Welfare Centre
East Durham Creates
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
FAR Skate Foundation
FC Kirkby CIC
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
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection
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
Harton Academy
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
High Peak Borough Council
Highfields Community Association (t/a Highfields Centre)
HNM Ltd
Home-Start West Berkshire
Hope Not Hate
HOPE not hate Charitable Trust
Horden Youth & Community Centre
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
It`s All About Culture
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
More In Common
MTVH
My Clubmoor
N-Gage
NACCOM
Nansa
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
National Community Land Trust Network
National Literacy Trust
NCVO
Neighbourly Care
NEON Community Hub
Neston Community Youth Centre Ltd
Network for Justice
Network of Wellbeing
New Citizenship Project
New Leaf New Life CIC
New Local
New Witheven
Newark Sports Association
Newcastle City Council
Newham Council
Newington Big Local
NIHR Devices for Dignity Med tech Cooperative
No5 Young People
North East Wellbeing
North Lincolnshire Council
North West Ipswich Big Local Trust
Northwood Community Centre Association
Northwood Together
NWG Network
Olive Tree Cancer Support Group
One Knowsley
One Palfrey Big Local
Orchestras Live
Ore Community Centre
Organisation
Oxfordshire Youth
Paddington Development Trust
Parr Sports & Community Centre
Partneriaeth Ogwen
Pendle Borough Council
People’s Health Trust
Permaculture Association
Persona Insight CIC
Peterborough City Council
Peterborough Environment City Trust
Placeshapers
Plastic Free Sheerness
Platform Thirty1
Plunkett Foundation
Plymouth Octopus Project (POP)
POhWER
Positive Activities
PostScript360 Limited
Power Through Sport CIC
Power to Change
Preston City Council
Pro Bono Economics
Proverbs31Woman CIC
Purple Elephant Productions
Quality of Life Foundation
R L Glasspool Charity Trust
Ramsey Million Big Local
Ramsey Neighbourhoods Trust
Rastrick
Rastrick Big Local
Reaching People
Reading Refugee Support Group
RecommendMe
Redcar & Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency
Reflections Yorkshire CIC
REMAKe (Revolutionary East Marsh Arts Kollective)
Remakery Brixton Ltd
Renaisi
Restore (York) LTD
Reviving the Heart of the West End
Revolutionary Roots Youth and Community Centre
Right to Succeed
Rooted In Homes
Roseworth Big Local
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Rumbles Catering Project Ltd
Rural Coffee Caravan
Rushey Green Time Bank
S. W. Community Services
Saffron African-Carribean Centre CIC
Salford CVS
SALTo Arts Productions
Salvation Army
Sandwell Council
Sankofa CPN
Scarborough Borough Council
School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE)
Scottish Communities Finance Ltd
Sector3
Sector3
Sefton Council
Sefton CVS
Selby Town
Self Injury Support
Shared Assets
Sharrow Community Forum
Sheffield City Council
Sheila McKechnie Foundation
Shoreham Football Club
Shores Centre
Shropshire Peer Counselling & Advocacy Service
Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable Trust
Skaped
Skimstone Arts
Small Change
Small Charities Coalition
Smart Dog Education CIC
SO18 Big Local, Harefield, Townhill Park & Midanbury
SOAR Community
Social Ark
Social Echo North Huntingdonshire CIC
Social Enterprise Network Scotland
Social Enterprise UK (SEUK)
Social Finance
Social Investment Business (SIB)
Social Minds
Soha Housing
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
South Durham Enterprise Agency
South East London Community Energy
South Lanes Community
South Sudanese Community Initiatives Centre
South Tyneside Borough Council
South Yorkshire Community Foundation
Southampton City Council
Southwark Pensioners Centre
Spacehive
Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity
St Hilda’s East Community Centre
St Ives Community Land Trust
St James Street Big Local
St Lawrence Church
St Matthews Big Local (Leicester)
St Vincent’s Family Project
Stalemate Ltd
Starlings Support CIC
Station House
Steps to Work
Stevenage Borough Council
Stir to Action
Stockport User Friendly Fellowship
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Stour Space
Stratford Town Trust
Streetlight UK
Sunbeam Forum LTD
Sunderland City Council
Sustainable Exercise Partnership (StEP)
Tang Hall
Tapestry Innovation Ltd
Tees Valley Rural Action
Telford & Wrekin Council
Tempus Novo
TH!NK FC
Thanet District Council
Thanet Health Community Interest Company
Thanington Neighbourhood Resource Centre C.I.O
The Access to Justice Foundation
The Bevy Pub
The Big League CIC
The Cares Family
The Cellar Trust
The Clydesdale Restaurant Ltd
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust
The Curiosity Project CIC
The Democracy Collaborative
The Diana Award
The Equality Trust
The Exchange Creative Community
The Family Centre
The Gateway Collective CIC
The Highlife Centre
The Hyde Group
The Metro Mayor for the West of England
The Mighty Creatives
The Millin Charity
The Moorlands Community Charity
The Panel for the Civil Society Futures Inquiry
The Paperweight Trust
The Portland Inn Project CIC
The Small Axe
The Toy House
The Ubele Initiative
The Ware Charities
The Wharton Trust
The Wilderness Foundation UK
The Young Foundation
Thinkfc and Coalville CAN CBS
Thorpe Edge Community Project
Three Parishes – Gobowen, St Martins and Weston Rhyn
Thrive Trafford
Thurnscoe
Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions CIC
Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation
Time and Talents
TJE Consulting
TPAS
Trafford Veterans CIC
Transition Highbury
Transition Town Brixton
Trust for London
Tudor Trust
UK Community Foundations
UK Youth
Unity
UnLtd
Up Our Street
Urban Forest Collective
Use ‘Ya’ Loaf Community Interest Company
Venture Together
VIEW(DOVE) Ltd
Voice4Change
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire
Voluntary and Community Action Trafford
Voluntary Organisations Network North East
Volunteer Centre Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde
Volunteering Matters
Wakefield Council
Wakefield Music Collective
Wargrave Big Local
Warnborough Foundation CIO
Warrington Borough Council
Warriors Community Projects
Warwick Ahead
Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust
Welsh House Farm
Wembley Central Big Local
West End Morecambe – Big Local
WHALE Arts
Whitley Bay Big Local
Wigan Council
Windmill Hill Big Local
Wirral Borough Council
Women’s Budget Group
Wood Street Walls
Woodlands Speaks
Worcester Community Trust
Worsley Hall (Wigan) Community Resource Centre
Yardo
YiS Young People’s Mental Health
Ykids
YMCA
Yorkshire in Business
YorSpace
Young Lives Consortium
Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan Trust
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.