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Neil McEnroy

Neil McEnroy

Global Lead for Community Wealth Building at The Democracy Collaborative; leading international figure in democratic economic development and pioneer of the Community Wealth Building framework.

Jun 24, 2026

The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Podcast Extra - Community Wealth Building

Jun 24 · 49m

Lesley Riddoch
Lesley RiddochHOST
15:40
So how did you manage to sort of get involved with Preston and then shift them? And just give us an idea of the results they've got, because it's mind-blowing.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
15:50
Sure.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
15:51
Just the Preston work, the Preston model came out in 2013, 12, 13.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
15:58
Prior to that, there'd been work done elsewhere on more research work, exploring patterns of wealth.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
16:03
And there was actually initial work done in Belfast, which didn't go forward.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
16:08
It could have been the Belfast model.
Neil Mcinroy
Neil McinroyGUEST
16:09
It could have been the first community wealth building place in the UK.

11 MINS LATER

Lesley Riddoch
Lesley RiddochHOST
27:03
When we have those two things sitting there as sort of realities, how can we sort of manage to spring into action the way you describe it?

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