Developing an Eco-social
Enterprise
Session 1
Tuesday, 28 March, 2017
Tim Crabtree, Schumacher College
• Senior Lecturer, Schumacher College
• Founder & Associate, Wessex Reinvestment Trust
• Founder & Board Member, Bridport Area
Development Trust
• Founder & Chairman, Dorset Community Energy
• Board Member, The Real Farming Trust
• Former Chief Executive, West Dorset Food & Land
Trust and Local Food Links Ltd, 1996 – 2011
Current roles
Schumacher College
Schumacher College
Transformative Learning for Sustainable Living
WORKSPACE FINANCE
Training &
Community
Development
ENERGYFOODHOUSING
Question:
What am I concerned about?
Land trusts in the UK
HOME LAND
CLT Separates Ownership of Land From Home
CLT retains ownership of land
Homebuyer buys - and owns - her home
CLT leases land to homeowner
Burlington Associates in Community Development
Wessex Reinvestment Trust group
Wessex
Community
Assets
(CBS)
Wessex
Reinvestment
Trust
(Charity)
Wessex
Associates
(LLP)
Wessex
Resolutions
(CIC)
Wessex
Reinvestment
Society
(CBS)
Dorset - Buckland
Newton CLT
Devon – High
Bickington CLT
Stand-alone CLT projects – inspirational and
challenging
purple is complete; red is 'in progress'; and brown is where we think new projects might emerge
Dartmoor – Christow CLT and Teign Housing
Christow CLT and Teign Housing are nearing completion of 18 affordable homes in the Dartmoor National Park
Somerset – Norton CLT and Yarlington Housing
Blackdown Hills – Upper Culm CLT and Hastoe Housing
Energy
Reclaiming
Finance
Democratizing
& Localizing
Ownership
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Resilience and Transition
Building a Co-operative Economy Closer to Home
KEYFUNCTIONS
BASIC NEEDS:
Food Shelter
Reclaiming
the Commons
Question:
What are you ecological or social issue
are you concerned about?
Spend 5 minutes writing about this
concern.
Question:
What am I going to do about my
concerns – what is my intention?
Poole
Dorset Community Energy
• Funding was secured from the
Big Lottery to set up a new cooperative,
Dorset Community
Energy
• Initial target 6 community
owned solar PV projects on
schools and community buildings
in Bridport, Dorchester and
surrounding parishes
Partners
Milldown Primary School, Blandford 49kW
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Bridport Arts Centre 16.2kW
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Budmouth College 30kW
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Progress to date
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• 420kW of PV installations completed vs the target of
407kW in the 2 share offer documents
• Total budget spend - £489,000
• Total financial savings to the 12 schools and 4 community
buildings from free or low cost solar electricity are
estimated at £600,000 over 20 years
Question:
What is your intention – what will your
eco-social enterprise do?
Spend 5 minutes writing about this
intention.
Question:
What happens when I take my intentions
into the “public realm”?
1998 - 2001
• West Dorset Food and Land Trust
• Charity, established 1998
• Local Food Links
• Trading company, established as subsidiary of Trust in 1999
• Wessex Reinvestment Trust
• Community Development Financial Institution established
2001 – includes Wessex Community Assets
Farmers’ Markets
West Dorset Food Week & Bridport Food Festival
Grow it, Cook it, Eat it Project
Bridport Centre for Local Food
Bridport Centre for Local Food
NVQ Training in Catering
School Fruit Scheme
Soup Lunch Pilot
Soup Lunch Pilot
Local Food Links’ intention or
purpose
“Creating affordable, user-led food services which support health &
well-being, stronger communities and a better environment”
h Fruit
s Inc
Fruit
scheme
gham
Meals Inc
Fruit
scheme
Soup
scheme
New Central Kitchen at Centre for Local Food
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k plc Fruit
scheme
Hot
lunch
scheme
Soup
scheme
Local Food Links: ethical sourcing
• Meat – Genesis Farmers
• Milk – Coombe Farm
• Yogurt – Yeo Valley
• Butter – Denhay Farms & Coombe Farm
• Cheese – Denhay & Coombe Farm
• Flour – Edward Gallia, Cerne Abbas
• Eggs – Vurlands Farm
• Vegetables in season – Bothen Hill Organic,
Washingpool Farm, Somerset Organic Link
• Fruit in season – Elwell Farm
• Bread – Leakers, Punch & Judy Bakery
• Food service – Essential Trading
Please share your idea for an
eco-social enterprise
Tomorrow’s session
Using systems thinking to plan an
eco-social enterprise