Community action/United Kingdom/Sustainable livelihood

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups active for, or interested in Sustainable livelihood in the UK. Learn about how communities positively impact through different projects and collaborations.
News
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The Space Time Continuum, Alternative Editorial (Sep 27, 2026) — Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.”
A "Scottish Artists Minimum Income" scheme is to be piloted as soon as practicable [The Skinny], Daily Alternative (Sep 01, 2026)
From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now, theguardian.com (Aug 12, 2026) — Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
The Space Time Continuum, Alternative Editorial (Sep 27, 2026) — Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.”
Mnyumbuni Eco Hub: A Beehive of Community, Learning and Abundance, grassecon.substack.com (Aug 10, 2026) — How Mweria, ecosystem restoration and community coordination are turning Mnyumbuni into a living hub of food, skills and shared abundance, Grassroots Economics, Njambi Njoroge, Aude Peronne, and Will Ruddick
Nepal’s community forests offer climate solutions, one leaf at a time, globalvoices.org (Aug 02, 2026) — The production of sal leaf plates involves minimal processing or energy usage and have a a low carbon-footprint. Sanjib Chaudhary
Video
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Nov 10 - 16, 2025 (Mon - Sun) — Living Wage Week, livingwage.org.uk
Aug 12, 2026 (Wed) — International Youth Day, awareness day designated by the United Nations taking place on Aug 12 each year, un.org
Oct 07, 2026 (Wed) — World Day for Decent Work, October 7 is the World Day for Decent Work, ituc-csi.org
Nov 13, 2026 (Fri) — World Kindness Day, Nov 13, annually, highlighting good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness for good which binds us, randomactsofkindness.org
Research
[edit | edit source]- The Autonomy Institute, independent, progressive research organisation creatong data-driven tools and policy to strengthen democracy and build a fairer economy. added 15:17, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Work Is Neighbourhood Business, Authors: Simon Duffy and Caroline Richardson, "...the authors argue that basic income provides us with an opportunity to treat work and career development as a natural function of communities and neighbourhoods." 18.07.22, added 16:55, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
- Sustainable income standards: Towards a greener minimum? Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Donald Hirsch et al., December 2011
- Co-production by people outside paid employment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Findings, June 2006
- The Work Foundation, not-for-profit organisation involved in research, some of which may concern aspects of sustainable livelihood, eg quality of working life, low carbon jobs, etc. W
More resources
[edit | edit source]- Basic Rights at Work, information from the Trades Union Congress
- The challenges facing Britain's jobless, JRF publishes the facts, October 2010
- Minimum income standards, microsite from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- WorkSmart, information from the Trades Union Congress
Sustainable livelihood UK and the climate emergency
[edit | edit source]A report commissioned by the 4 Day Week campaign from Platform London, and published in May 2021, found that shifting to a four-day working week without loss of pay could shrink the UK's carbon footprint by 127 million tonnes per year by 2025. This represents a reduction of 21.3%, and is more than the entire carbon footprint of Switzerland....Stop the clock, The environmental benefits of a shorter working week, [1]
Petitions
[edit | edit source]Allow people who make a living from the land to live where they work. bulworthyproject.org.uk
See also
Community and voluntary action UK, Community resources UK, Localism UK
local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
External links
- Camerados
- Growing Livelihoods two year (2014/2015) development partnership project involving the Carnegie UK Trust, Plunkett Foundation and the Land Settlement Association Charitable Trust.
- Results for #HackTheJobCentre from twitter
- The Play Ethic
- Public Concern at Work, whistleblowing charity. Established in 1993, Public Concern at Work advises individuals with whistleblowing dilemmas at work, supports organizations with their whistleblowing arrangements and informs public policy and seeks legislative change. W
- RealFare aims to de-myth our welfare system
- Relational Welfare
Work-life balance
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| Cite as | Philralph (2015–2026). "Community action/United Kingdom/Sustainable livelihood". Appropedia. Retrieved October 4, 2026. |
