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Britain has long been 'a nation of shopkeepers'. But our villages, towns and cities are in danger of becoming ghost towns. Local services - corner shops, banks, post offices and pubs - are fast disappearing. Between 1995 and 2000 we lost a cumulative 30,000 local economic outlets - and this trend looks set to continue.
To try and work against the emergence of ghost town Britain, nef catalysed the creation of local works - the campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill. The Bill aims to give the power to local communities to determine their own agenda for environmental, political, social and economic sustainability. It will give local authorities the freedom to put in place radical sustainability strategies that central government will have a duty to provide for, if that is what local communities want.
The Bill has received all-party support, and is guided by a steering group which meets regularly to discuss developing the campaign. But local works is first and foremost a community campaign, and the Sustainable Communities Bill will only become law with the support of local groups and individuals. Please sign up to support the campaign on the local works website or email Stephen Shaw, the campaign co-ordinator
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