Place Based Capital and Community Funding Models
We support communities and organisations to embed place based capital principles within their local place and their initatives, by building capacity, exploring new ways to create and source local capital and designing unique innovative funding models. Some examples of our work include:
Place Based Capital Program and Network
The Place Base Capital Initiative and Network was launched in 2023. It brings together over 20 places and partners, from councils and development agencies to business and community organisations, seeking to collectively scale the Place Based Capital ecosystem across Australia. Over the past 12 months, the program has built awareness, inspiration and capability around Place based capital models and practices, undertaken place based and industry research around barriers, enablers and the system change required for activating place based capital, and has begun to test and develop practical models, tools and frameworks. The initiative is convened hosted by Ethical Fields.
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Redesigning the Funding Model for Logan Together
Logan Together is a leader in place based approaches, bringing community, government, funders and the service sector together to see Logan’s children happy, healthy and thriving now and for generations to come. Ethical Fields worked with the Logan Together team to explore why finance matters for place based change and to find practical ways for finance to nurture and drive community-led futures.
Partners: Logan Together
Collaborators: Co-design Working Group. A diverse group of 20 participants including local leaders, Government representatives and funding partners.
Designing a Community Funding Model for Western Murray’s Industrial Hemp Initiative
Our team worked with the WMLIG to create a community funding model for a local enterprise that the organisation is exploring. The piece of work offered different alternatives for how community could invest and benefit from the enterprise, retaining and creating more wealth for local people and place.
Partners: Western Murray Land Improvement Group