List of community currencies in the United Kingdom

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This article is a list of community currencies that are, or have been, used in the United Kingdom . There are various models such as complementary currencies, local currencies, Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS) and Time-based currency:

StartedCurrencyStatusCommentOrganisationsModelWebsite
2012 Bristol pound [1] Defunct 2021 [2] Active for 9 years.Bristol Pound Community CIC, Bristol Credit Union, Bristol City Council Local currency bristolpound.org
2008 Brixton pound [3] In 2021, there was a plan to convert to cryptocurrency, partnering with Algorand. [4] Transition Town Brixton, Brixton Pound Local currency brixtonpound.org
2002 [5] Eko Active as of November 2019Currency of Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray, ScotlandEkopia, Hygeia Foundation Community currency www.ekopia.org.uk/investments/eko-community-currency/
2015 Exeter pound Defunct 2018 [6] Active for 3 years.Exeter Pound CIC Local currency exeterpound.org.uk
2014 [7] Kingston Pound Active as of July 2022Digital only, no paper currency. Transition Town Kingston Local currency kingstonpound.org
2008 Lewes pound [8] Active as of June 2019Set to be phased out on 31 August, 2025 [9] Transition Town Lewes Local currency thelewespound.org
2018Lake District pound [7] Defunct 2020 [10] Active for 2 years.Lakes Currency Project [10] Regional currency lakedistrictpound.com
n/aOxford poundNot launchedInitial plan was not successful in 2013. In 2017, a Green Party councillor put a new proposal forward to the council. [11] Local currency oxfordpound.org.uk (archive)
2009 Stroud pound Defunct 2016 [12] Active for 7 years. Transition Town Stroud, Stroud Pound Co-op [13] Local currency stroudpound.org.uk (archive)
2007 Totnes pound [3] Defunct 2019 [14] Active for 12 years. Transition Town Totnes Local currency totnespound.org

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Rachel (September 19, 2012). "Bristol launches city's local currency" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Marking the End of the Bristol Pound, and the Start of Something New".
  3. 1 2 "No money? Then make your own". BBC News. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Brixton Pound chooses the Algorand blockchain on which to develop a tokenized version of their innovative Complimentary Local Currency, the Brixton Pound". Algorand. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
  5. ↑ "Findhorn Eko currency is hot off the press". 28 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Finch, Hannah (July 31, 2018). "What went wrong for the Exeter Pound?". devonlive.
  7. 1 2 Smith, Sophie (July 27, 2017). "From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies?". The Telegraph– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Jamie Doward and Naomi Loomes (2008-08-17). "Lewes, the proud town that is printing its own money". Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  9. ↑ Lo, Hsin-Yi (2025-04-01). "Local currency the Lewes Pound to end after 17 years". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  10. 1 2 "Lake District Pound: Currency forced out by contactless technology". BBC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "The Oxford Pound - City could soon get its very own currency". The Oxford Times. 20 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Robert, Stuart (2022). Money, credit and regional development: complementary local currencies and the provision of small business credit. University of Birmingham.
  13. ↑ Scott Cato, Molly (2012). "Stroud Pound: a Local Currency to Map, Measure and Strengthen The Local Economy" (PDF). International Journal of Community Currency Research. 16: Section D 106–115.
  14. ↑ "Totnes pound: Currency killed by 'cashless economy'". BBC News. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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