Two workshops on 21 and 22 April provided lots of lovely ideas for the design of the Tooting Pound. It’s early days for the community currency but that didn’t stop the heated debates about who should be on the notes – should it be Wolfie (Citizen) Smith or Nurse Edith Cavell on the T£1; Hester […]
Read More →At the First Tuesday event on 1st November 2011 members of the local community came together to discuss the issues facing the local economy and what could be achieved by developing a community currency. Could a Tooting Pound become a reality? With one of highest levels of independent small businesses in the country, people like […]
Read More →What can we do together to support the local economy? What’s the value in developing a Tooting community currency? Many local businesses are in direct competition with national chains, the internet and large suburban shopping centres. When ‘big business’ wins, another local shop closes or a small business goes bankrupt. If you, like us, are […]
Read More →More photos from Foodival now online – thank you Chuck! Keep ’em coming if you have any good ones! Meanwhile congratulations to Tim for the successful first run out of a Tooting currency at Foodival with our prototype pound, already known on the streets of south London as a “ROOT” (rather than a quid). Go […]
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