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Ten Ideas for Change: the best of 2013

It’s been a year of innovation and change for local economies and communities as they sought new ideas to create jobs, revitalise democracy and alleviate poverty. Here’s the best from our Ten Ideas for Change series:

1. COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED INDUSTRIES: The Schumacher Centre has published a white paper with steps towards the creation of community supported industry. It would work in a similar way to Community Supported Agriculture but for other types of local production, from furniture factories to renewable energy companies, community-supported bakeries or any small-scale local business. From Ten Ideas for Change: Local growth and resilience

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Jim Diers: Disrupting the relationship between citizens and state

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How to build a new welfare society

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Urban deprivation and the built environment

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Want to improve your local area? Crowdfunding could be the answer

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The hard truth about empathy

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Stories from a Bolton housing estate

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The Incredible Edible experiment

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Can local government help build a social enterprise sector?

Life in the Welsh valleys can be tough for entrepreneurs and the socially-minded. Inter-generational dependency on benefits, poor educational attainment and a lack of attractive job opportunities has created an air of desperation in many communities across south east Wales.