First local authority to join Wellbeing Economy Alliance
North Ayrshire Council has joined the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll). The WEAll is a collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements, and individuals working towards a wellbeing economy, delivering human and ecological wellbeing.
The Council launched its new Community Wealth Building Strategy earlier this year, alongside plans to build back better and are working with a team of experts to drive forward proposals.
Councillor Joe Cullinane, Leader of North Ayrshire Council and Cabinet Member for Community Wealth Building, said:
"We are in the midst of a global recession and now is the time to be bold, think differently and build a new economy. That new economy must work for the benefit of people and planet, ending decades of an extractive economic model that has worked for neither and has saw inequality soar to record levels. That’s what we want to achieve through our Community Wealth Building strategy which, post Covid, will help us build back better, fairer and greener."