Homebaked: the cooperative bakery reviving Anfield, loaf by loaf
Government schemes and the expansion of Liverpool's stadium has forced local businesses to close and cleared hundreds of homes for pricey redevelopment. Now residents are developing their own plans to build on the land – as long as the council will give them a chance
For what it’s worth: a visit to the People’s Bank of Govanhill
A new project celebrates the people whose daily endeavours are ascribed little economic value, but who remain a vital part of life in the most diverse part of Glasgow.
Bread winners
Although it’s the home of Liverpool FC, Anfield had been left to walk alone on housing. But a community initiative led by a bakery has rebuilt the hopes of residents.
New money: do local currencies actually work?
Cities and towns are attempting bold new experiments with alternative currencies they hope will boost regional economies and get people to think differently about money.
UK councils are turning to communities to fund key services after huge cuts.
Swindon Borough Council is the first in the country to use Abundance, a green investment platform, to give residents the opportunity to help fund two solar farms.
How UK councils are crowdfunding themselves out of a crisis
Since 2015, 45 councils across the UK have used civic crowdfunding to plug gaps
The Preston model: UK takes lessons in recovery from rust-belt Cleveland.
As councils struggle with cuts, one Lancashire city adapted a pioneering grassroots approach from America to tackling inequality and keeping profits local.
The People’s Bank of Govanhill: Meet the artist reinventing money
The People's Bank of Govanhill was created by artist Ailie Rutherford to talk about all the unpaid work that goes on beneath the surface of the economy in Govanhill.
Wales rides a new wave of sustainable electricity
Local investors are backing an ambitious project for a power plant in Swansea Bay
What happened when Sainsbury’s funded a food waste war in Swadlincote
For the past year Sainsbury’s has been funding a war against food waste in Swadlincote, Derbyshire. But was it successful? Hazel Sheffield investigates.
Portpatrick: how community shares saved a village
In Portpatrick, a fishing village on the west coast of Scotland, locals sold shares in their historic harbour to save it from private ownership.
GlenWyvis: the community-owned distillery that hopes to revive a whole town.
In the Highlands town of Dingwall, a community-owned distillery hopes its malt whisky could change the fortunes of a whole town.
Vertical farming: is this the answer to the world’s food shortage
Science stacks up in favour of high-rise farms as a sustainable food source – essential as the world’s population rockets.
Interview ‘Poverty was entrenched in Preston. So we became more self-sufficient’
The city voted for Brexit because it felt cut off by a failing economic system, says councillor Matthew Brown. But the region has been revived by thinking locally
Think vertically: a green way to feed the city
Warehouses full of fish and salads could supply sustainable food to urban British families.
