Resources

November 21st, 2016 Reports - Resilient economies

Creating Good City Economies in the UK

by Clare Goff

In 2015 the Friends Provident Foundation awarded funding to the Centre for Local Economic Strategies – which owned New Start magazine – and the New Economics Foundation to map ...

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Community Energy at a Crossroads

by Friends Provident Foundation and Environmental Funders Network

Community energy is at a crossroads, following recent reductions in government support and subsidy.

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November 21st, 2016 FPF Governance -

FPF Annual Report 2015-16

by Friends Provident Charitable Foundation

In 2016 Friends Provident Foundation launched a new strategy – to help create a ‘fairer economy, better world’. There are three ways in which the Foundation contributes to th...

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November 21st, 2016 - Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion Annual Monitoring Report 2016

by Karen Rowlingson and Stephen McKay

This report is the fourth in a series of five annual monitoring reports commissioned to monitor progress towards or away from financial inclusion in Britain.

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April 4th, 2016 FPF Governance -

FPCF Report & Financial Statements 2015-16

by Friends Provident Charitable Foundation

The annual report and financial statements for the Foundation for the year 2015-16

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November 21st, 2015 Books - Resilient economies
November 21st, 2015 Books - Resilient economies

People Powered Prosperity: Ultra-local Approaches to Making Poorer Places Wealthier

by David Boyle and Tony Greenham

Can we find economic techniques which cities can use effectively to tackle their own market failures – and release their own wasted economic potential – and if so, why hasn’t...

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November 21st, 2015 Reports - Resilient economies

Financial System Resilience Index

by New Economics Foundation

This report on resilience in financial systems, from the New Economics Foundation, richly repays reading.

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November 21st, 2015 Reports - Local economic resilience

Developing resilient local economies: good practice among local enterprise partnerships

by Angela Broadbridge and Luke Raikes

Our project builds upon emerging thinking about the kind of post-recession economy we are building in Britain, and the kind of economic growth that we are seeking to achieve.

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November 21st, 2015 Reports - Resilient economies

Co-op Clusters

by Radical Routes

This report presents findings from research conducted into the problems restricting the growth of co-operative housing and to review a range of possible solutions to those problems...

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November 21st, 2015 Reports - Resilient economies

Community Chest

by Duncan O'Leary

The UK’s economy is unbalanced in two ways. First, it relies too much on debt-fuelled consumption, and not enough on business investment and exports. Second, the UK has stark geo...

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November 21st, 2015 Reports - Financial Inclusion

Financial Inclusion Annual Monitoring Report 2015

by Karen Rowlingson and Stephen McKay

This report is the third in a series of five annual monitoring reports commissioned by the Friends Provident Foundation to measure changing levels of financial inclusion in Britai...

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November 21st, 2015 Research -
January 23rd, 2015 Video -

Resilient economies video wall

The specific question we posed to them was: “What would you do if you had a million pounds to build a more resilient economy?” The video wall below showcases their responses…

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November 21st, 2014 Reports - Financial Inclusion

Women’s financial assets and debts

by Jenny Westaway and Stephen McKay

Fawcett launched a new project in March 2006 to plug gaps in understanding of the differences between women’s and men’s financial assets and debt. Although differences in women...

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