Community Wealth Building Framework from Renewables: a summary for South of Scotland Enterprise

SOSE have partnered with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) to draft a new Community Wealth Building Framework which examines how to increase local economic benefits from renewable energy.

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The Framework’s recommendations

• Supporting community energy initiatives

• Offering local training and apprenticeships through each renewable energy development

• Securing commitment to supporting local, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and social economy enterprises through procurement practices

• Supporting local infrastructure needs

• Enabling community capacity building

CLES conducted a series of focus groups with community groups, community support organisations, developers and public sector bodies. 

The product of those sessions is the draft Community Wealth Building Framework and recommendations which SOSE now plans to take to wider consultation across the South of Scotland later in 2025.