Child poverty and community wealth building in Preston
Think tank: Centre for Local Economies (CLES)
Author(s): Emmet Kiberd; Julian Boys; Tom Lloyd Goodwin
July 28, 2026
This report from UK think tank CLES suggests that community wealth building can help to retain the benefits of economic development in the community.
Since working with CLES to adopt community wealth building in 2013, Preston’s approach has become internationally recognised and has helped to shape community wealth building practice across the UK and beyond. This latest report examines why Preston appears to have performed more favourably than many comparable places on child poverty and what may explain that relative resilience.
The report explores the contribution of housing, employment, cost-of-living support and community wealth building and sets out how these lessons could shape the next phase of local policy.
