Important work looking at health impact of Community Wealth building in Scotland.
'The Health Impact Assessment found that the successful implementation of CWB is likely to have a variety of positive impacts on health, including through addressing some of the fundamental causes of health inequalities.
However, for these potential positive impacts on health
and health determinants to be realised at population level, CWB needs to be implemented at sufficient scale.
Positive health impacts may occur through multiple pathways, including:
• Reducing poverty and income inequality
• Reducing wealth inequality
• Improving access to secure employment
• Improving working conditions
• Improving local environments and reducing environmental externalities
• Improving access to spaces, facilities and amenities
• Providing more people with a stake in their local economy and increasing
personal sense of control
• Enhancing community cohesion and resilience’