Paint your town red : how Preston took back control and your town can too.
by Brown, Matthew; Jones, Rhian E.
Publisher: Repeater Books, London: 2021.Description: 169p.ISBN: 9781913462192.Class Number: HIBO.Summary: 'Paint Your Town Red' tells the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level up without waiting for Whitehall. Preston City Council's efforts to generate and democratise wealth at a local level have earned Preston the title of Most Improved City. But beyond Preston, community wealth-building is a significant and growing movement in the UK and elsewhere, aimed at transferring economic, social and political power back to local communities. Exploring how a variety of communities are applying similar principles to take back control, 'Paint Your Town Red' gives us a blueprint for the wholesale transformation of our currently failing economic system. [Synopsis].Subject(s): social inequality | social problems | policy formulation | public services | service delivery | community development | local communities | capacity building | area based working | population health | anchor institutionsDigital copy List(s) this item appears in: Communities and health [October 2023] | Public health in England (September 2023]
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monograph | The King's Fund Library Library | Purchase | HIBO (Bro) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54001001498396 |
'Paint Your Town Red' tells the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level up without waiting for Whitehall. Preston City Council's efforts to generate and democratise wealth at a local level have earned Preston the title of Most Improved City. But beyond Preston, community wealth-building is a significant and growing movement in the UK and elsewhere, aimed at transferring economic, social and political power back to local communities. Exploring how a variety of communities are applying similar principles to take back control, 'Paint Your Town Red' gives us a blueprint for the wholesale transformation of our currently failing economic system. [Synopsis]
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