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

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