Sustainable livelihood UK

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.

Worker Co op Weekend 2016

Authors: Co-operatives UK, 2.32 mins.

Date: 2016-06-20

• 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

• 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

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]

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

• Working Families