ABCs of the New Economy

Aim: We're crowdfunding to create and mass circulate a practical 'primer' & event guide to support community-led organisations across the UK

Once again we're all facing real political instability and economic pressure. 

Made worse by huge wealth inequalities, rocketing prices, an endless housing crisis, and persistent failure to take real action on climate. For all the promises from our politicians about bouncing back, levelling up, and sharing prosperity, it’s just not happening for most of us. 

Why an ABC guide and movement-building events?

Despite crisis after crisis, new economic ideas are still largely unknown across communities, and it’s time for a post-pandemic movement to inspire local economic change. Our event guide and 1-1 support will support communities to build and extend their own local movements over the next few years.

The ABCs of the New Economy isn’t like other editions of our magazine. It’s an accessible ‘primer’ on all aspects of the new economy, sharing straightforward tools and ideas for workplaces, communities, and movements for change.

Your support for our campaign will fund:

• The publication of thousands of copies of the ABCs of the New Economy
• The distribution to hundreds of community-led organisations across the country
• A downloadable event guide to support UK-wide movement building events
• 1-to-1 support for community-led organisations to host movement building events
  
  
  

The  ABCs of the New Economy ‘primer’ will feature:

• Ways to tackle the cost of living crisis and a broken energy system at the roots
• Introductions to mutual models that can transform an unfair housing market
• Stories about patient-owned cooperatives that can begin to reverse the social care crisis
• Tried-and-tested ways we can remake our food systems through community-owned enterprise
  
  

So, why are we crowdfunding?

We’re crowdfunding to fund the free publication and mass circulation of the ABCs of the New Economy. As advocates for new economic change, we’re inviting you to be part of this national movement by donating to the campaign and sharing it far and wide to reach more people.

What we’ll do with the money

We’re looking to raise at least £15,000 to print thousands of copies of the ABCs of the New Economy. 

Every contribution will increase our print run and enable us to offer more one-to-one support to movement-builders across the UK.

Breakdown of costs

Rewards

We’re asking for donations to fund Stir to Action to distribute thousands of copies the ABCs of the New Economy to community-led organisations across the UK.

You can also pre-order copies of ABCs of the New Economy to distribute to your own network, subscribe to STIR Magazine, and become a Friend of STIR to support our ongoing work.

Who are we?

We’re Stir to Action – a co-operative using the power of democratic ownership to transform economic inequality, the climate emergency, and wider society. For 10 years we’ve been publishing STIR magazine to share ideas, tools, and examples that can transform our broken economic system.

Despite a decade of positive economic initiatives and bold political experiments since the financial crisis, we know at the ground level there’s still not enough awareness and access to resources that could support new economic models in local communities.

Thank you for supporting our campaign!

Film credits: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth. Music by Vlog Lo-Fi by Victate. Animation by: Adam Rich.