Post on 17-Aug-2015
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New Economics FoundationCommunity Currencies in Action
means not an
end
What are community currencies?
What do they
do?
Theory of Change: product
1. Higher quality public services: co-production
2. Supporting the SME Economy
3. Social inclusion and improving individual wellbeing
4. Changing environmental behaviour and valuation
Measuring impact under 4 themes
Social inclusion and improving individual wellbeing
I accompany the elderly to the doctor or to the supermarket. In that way they feel more safe in the street
Not only do I get Makkies but I get appreciation Jenny Elmont, East Amsterdam
I never thought I would be able to do anything else because of my dyslexia.
It has helped me to gain confidence in myself and improve the way I now live my life….
Cheryl, Community Mothers, Cardiff.
Higher quality public services: co-production
Changing environmental behaviour and valuation
You can’t bank a Brixton Pound, you can’t spend it at Sainsbury’s, and you can’t spend it in Islington.
There’s only one thing you can do: spend it in Brixton’s independent businesses
Supporting the SME Economy
I don’t like to waste. We have a number of cleaners on contract and during low season they have less work to do.
I can therefore offer cleaning services, to gain credit which I can spend on something I need for the business.
Manouschka, Director of CarCleaners.NL