1. New Economics Foundation
Community Currencies in Action

2. means
not
an
end
What are community currencies?

3. What
do they
do?

4. Theory of Change: product

5. Measuring impact under 4 themes
1. Higher quality public services: co-production
2. Supporting the SME Economy
3. Social inclusion and improving individual
wellbeing
4. Changing environmental behaviour and
valuation

6. Social inclusion and
improving individual
wellbeing
I accompany the elderly to the doctor
or to the supermarket. In that way
they feel more safe in the street
Not only do I get Makkies but I get
appreciation Jenny Elmont, East Amsterdam

7. I never thought I would be able to
do anything else because of my
dyslexia.
It has helped me to gain
confidence in myself and improve
the way I now live my life….
Cheryl, Community Mothers,
Cardiff.
Higher quality public
services: co-production

8. Changing environmental
behaviour and valuation
You can’t bank a Brixton Pound, you can’t
spend it at Sainsbury’s, and you can’t
spend it in Islington.
There’s only one thing you can do: spend it
in Brixton’s independent businesses

9. Supporting the SME
Economy
I don’t like to waste. We have a number of
cleaners on contract and during low season
they have less work to do.
I can therefore offer cleaning services, to gain
credit which I can spend on something I need
for the business.
Manouschka,
Director of CarCleaners.NL

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