Next steps: A new movement for left behind places

The pressures on left behind places and low-income households are growing. There’s an urgent need to muster our resources and work with communities in new ways.

We have identified a small number of Karbon Impact Areas across our footprint based on local need and our ability to have an impact. The first of these will be in Stanley and Byker, where we have a longstanding history of working with the community and a high concentration of homes. We’ll build local coalitions with other anchor institutions in these areas to work with communities on place-based action plans. Please join us in this important work.

Other anchor institutions across the north and beyond can consider the steps they can take to make the best possible contribution to the foundational economy in the places where they have influence. We welcome all ideas and commitments that other organisations can add.  

Across the north, we want to work with housing providers, businesses, employers and local government – to learn from them how we can improve our approach and to explore how we can co-operate at scale on behalf of left behind places. Please share your ideas and experiences with us.

We have been inviting policy makers in Westminster and Whitehall to visit us and the communities we’re working with. We have been asking them to focus their attention, and the attention of experts across the country, on addressing the policy problems we identify in this report.

Fair Foundations is both a principle and an approach. It provides a practical way to address the long-standing challenges of left behind places in the UK. With your support, it can also become a movement, and a powerful force for change.

Please contact us at fairfoundations@karbonhomes.co.uk if you would like to work with us or find out more about our work.