Tynedale Transformed

November 8th 2020 Resources

Hexham Debate on: Breaking the Power of Money
Our monetary system has evolved over centuries as a great public good – not unlike the sanitation system. Managed well, it could enable society to do great good, e.g. it could transform our economy away from fossil fuels. However, the system has been captured by a small financial elite, which today exercises extraordinary power over society and governments. How can we reclaim money for the benefit of society as a whole? 
https://hexhamdebates.wordpress.com/the-debates-archive/2016-series-9/just-money-how-society-can-break-the-despotic-power-of-finance/   88mins

Re-imagining Rural Life. What Work could look like in 2030.
Peter Samson describes how local producers could meet local needs from energy to food to transport. All of his ideas could happen and, perhaps they should.  https://vimeo.com/468175336 

The Power of People, a quiet revolution.
Tynedale Transformed in conversation with Julie Gibbon: Chairman Haltwhistle Partnership, Secretary of Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership. Talking about what is possible through community action. https://vimeo.com/489410666  

From Shops to Pubs: How Tynedale saved the day. 
listen to a panel talking about local community ownership in all its forms, from the cinema to the village shop, the village halls and the pub. How were they saved for the benefit of their communities? What are the advantages of setting up a co-op, a Community Interest Company, a charity?  
https://vimeo.com/489427009  

From the High Street to the Village: Keeping our Communities Alive.

Short films on community led initiatives

Local Community Businesses

Engaging Communities – Jefferson Institute.

General info:                                                         
https://jefferson-center.org/about-us/
The projects in the UK (both NHS partnered)      
https://jefferson-center.org/health-record-privacy-in-the-uk
https://jefferson-center.org/forest-of-dean-citizens-jury/
2-hour long community conversations:               
https://yourvoiceohio.org/our-projects/

Report on the 2016 US election – 
https://jefferson-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/TC-Election-Forum-Report-FINAL.pdf
(Worth skimming through with respect to understanding others point of view)
 
 
Alternative models for stimulating the local economy.

Preston, Lancashire: The Preston Model:   
 https://www.preston.gov.uk/article/1334/Community-Wealth-Building

Malton,  Yorkshire:  Circular economy:       
https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/18107346.pioneering-project-waste-free-towns/

Webinar: Malton and a Circular Economy:
https://www.york.ac.uk/management/business/expertise/masterclasses/

The Circular Economy General :                 
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/concept

Hexham Action Zone

High Street Heritage Action Zone Funding for Hexham:
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/News/2020/Sep/Launch-confirms-funding-for-high-streets-heritage.aspx
Scheme Overview:                                                         
Hexham High Streets Heritage Action Zone Overview v.3.0

Food Co-ops

Setting up a Food Co-op: website:                               
https://www.fci.coop/resource-library/food-co-op-business-plan-guide/
Crop for the Shop:   Article and video:                           
https://www.bigbarn.co.uk/crop-for-the-shop/ 
A Food Co-Op in Your Community: Video:                   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jh5XFWE4uY   (10.07mins)
How to Set Up your Own Local Food Co-Op:  Article: 
https://theecologist.org/2009/sep/10/how-set-your-own-local-food-co-op
Sustain Food Co-Ops:  Website:                                      
https://www.sustainweb.org/foodcoops/

Rootstock: Website:                                                         
https://www.rootstock.org.uk/

Veggies: Website:                                                             
https://www.veggies.org.uk/campaigns/radical-routes/

Radical Routes: Website network:                                   
https://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/

Cooperation Town: Website:                                           
https://cooperation.town/

Farmers Markets

Hexham Farmers’ Market: Website
https://neefm.co.uk/market-information/northumberland/hexham-farmers-market

Why you should shop at your farmers’ market Ted Talk (5.58mins) https://www.ted.com/talks/mohammad_modarres_why_you_should_shop_at_your_local_farmers_market 

Social Enterprises

https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/

Community Interest Companies

Official Government Website Pages:           
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-regulator-of-community-interest-companies

Report on Food Banks: Government report page:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8585/

Ted talks (Videos)

How we can feed the Future: (12 mins)                                       
https://www.ted.com/playlists/760/how_we_can_feed_the_future 
How Supply Chain Transparency can Help the Planet:   (13.22mins) https://www.ted.com/talks/markus_mutz_how_supply_chain_transparency_can_help_the_planet  
Wearing Nothing New:   (5.09 mins)                                             
https://www.ted.com/talks/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new?referrer=playlist-talks_to_watch_instead_of_shop 
The Post Crisis Consumer:  (16.19 mins)                                
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_gerzema_the_post_crisis_consumer?referrer=playlist-talks_to_watch_instead_of_shop&language=en 
Less Stuff, More Happiness: (5.34 mins)                            
https://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness?referrer=playlist-talks_to_watch_instead_of_shop 

What Covid 19 means for the future of commerce, capitalism and cash

Capitalism needs an upgrade, says PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, and it starts with paying people enough to actually invest in their futures. He discusses why companies need to cultivate trust to recover and rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic — and how we can use this defining moment to create a more inclusive, ethical economy. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was recorded on May 19, 2020.)
Ted talk video: (49.09 mins)
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_schulman_what_covid_19_means_for_the_future_of_commerce_capitalism_and_cash 

Hexham Debate on: Breaking the Power of Money
Our monetary system has evolved over centuries as a great public good – not unlike the sanitation system. Managed well, it could enable society to do great good, e.g. it could transform our economy away from fossil fuels. However, the system has been captured by a small financial elite, which today exercises extraordinary power over society and governments. How can we reclaim money for the benefit of society as a whole?
https://hexhamdebates.wordpress.com/the-debates-archive/2016-series-9/just-money-how-society-can-break-the-despotic-power-of-finance/

Reports

The Future of the High Street
https://www.futurehighstreet.co.uk/#:~:text=After%20a%20successful%20debut%20in,more%20prosperous%20future%20high%20street.

The 2020 high street report
https://www.money.co.uk/guides/high-street-report

Reinventing the high street for Covid-19 recovery
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/policy/life-after-lockdown/2020/briefing-paper/reinventing-the-high-street-for-covid-19-recovery

Re-imagining the high street
https://neweconomics.org/uploads/files/1da089b4b1e66ba2b3_v8m6b0c0w.pdf

High streets and town centres in 2030
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcomloc/1010/full-report.html

Involving the public in redesigning urban layouts in the UK
http://civitas.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Background_Paper_Public_Involvement_Jones_Thoreau.pdf

Farmers’ Guardian on Supermarkets
https://www.fginsight.com/blogs/blogs/from-the-editor-supermarket-stranglehold-may-be-stronger-than-ever-before

Fairtrade:

 https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

The Story of Chocolate: Unwrapping the Bar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XbP4cn8xhU

Fairtrade Videos for the Younger Ones

My Fairtrade Adventure part 1 (for ages 7 to 11)   (7.01 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUGvhINwHw

My Next Fairtrade Adventure (for 7-11 yrs) Part 2  (7.02 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xjgRoFLWs

My Fairtrade Adventure Part 3 – Can changing what I buy really change lives? (for ages 12 to 16)  (7.01mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J31zoLj-MsY