Submission Documents: Motion by Councillor Graham Campbell:- "Council recognises that Community Wealth Building legislation recently passed by the Scottish Government enshrines principles of wellbeing of people and plant as the driving force behind economic decision-making. Council further acknowledges that CWB must become the guiding principle behind tackling inequality; empowering communities through building the local economy; and to tackle climate change. Council acknowledges that many aspects of the Wellbeing Economy are embedded into our priorities: with the aim to 'Reduce Poverty in our Communities'; and to 'Increase Opportunity and Prosperity for All our Citizens' being listed as two of the four Grand Challenges our city faces. Council recognises many existing council policies - such as Fair Work sit well with the Community wealth building approach and are already integrated into council contracting arrangements within public and private sector - are already supporting local social enterprises and SMEs with access to the supplier development portal in accessing sub-contracts within major developments as part of the social conditions attached to economic and urban developments. Furthermore, initiatives like the new Financial Inclusion model, which came to City Administration Committee this month, the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, People Make Glasgow's Communities initiative, Live Well Community Referral programme, and the Glasgow Community Learning and Development strategy have sought to create a city where wellbeing economy principles are paramount. Council is a fully engaged supporter of the Living Wage in the labour market and renews its commitment to extending that through commitments from our contractors and supply chains. Council will use our influence to ensure that Living Hours - hours that allow people to have certainty about their working week thus also their regular income - are respected by all companies we do business with across Glasgow. Council strongly agrees that increasing the provision of social care and childcare - through the maintained expansion of 1140 hours needs to remain free and that extra hours beyond the offer should remain affordable for working families. Council welcomes the Scottish Government and Parliaments commitment to CWB are to become the primary means of developing local economic growth which are intended to narrow social inequalities of opportunity, income and environment. Council wholeheartedly supports the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WeALL) five point plan for action by the Scottish Government which are to: "Increase the rate of the Scottish Child Payment to £55 by the end of the next Parliament. "Maximise incomes through full coverage access to advice services to ensure that everyone can access their entitlements. "Increase the coverage of the Living Wage and Living Hours in the labour market. "Improve provision and reduce costs of social care and childcare for low income households. "Introduce multi-year pilots of the Minimum Income Guarantee by 2029 to test the policy in practice, with a focus on unpaid carers and rural and island communities. Council fully recognises the massive reduction in child poverty that the Scottish Child Payment has initiated and that increasing the payment can only further enhance the positive impact of the policy which has lifted 400,000 children out of poverty. Council has already invested significantly in warm homes, childcare and education whilst bringing forward significant plans for transport through the Clyde Metro Council strongly supports the roadmap to introducing a Minimum Income Guarantee and will do so by looking into its feasibility through multi-year pilot for Glasgow's hardworking carers - beyond the existing offers of assistance and support coming from the Scottish Government through carers allowance. Council further resolves to ask the Chief Executive to liaise with the necessary levels of Scottish Government and UK Government to advise on the necessary elements to bring such a pilot into being, and asks that they consider endorsing the WeALL Scotland five point plan. Council also seeks to scale up support for CWB and more inclusive and democratic business models throughout our operations. Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Councillor Graham Campbell:- "Council recognises that Community Wealth Building legislation recently passed by the Scottish Government enshrines principles of wellbeing of people and plant as the driving force behind economic decision-making. Council further acknowledges that CWB must become the guiding principle behind tackling inequality; empowering communities through building the local economy; and to tackle climate change. Council acknowledges that many aspects of the Wellbeing Economy are embedded into our priorities: with the aim to 'Reduce Poverty in our Communities'; and to 'Increase Opportunity and Prosperity for All our Citizens' being listed as two of the four Grand Challenges our city faces. Council recognises many existing council policies - such as Fair Work sit well with the Community wealth building approach and are already integrated into council contracting arrangements within public and private sector - are already supporting local social enterprises and SMEs with access to the supplier development portal in accessing sub-contracts within major developments as part of the social conditions attached to economic and urban developments. Furthermore, initiatives like the new Financial Inclusion model, which came to City Administration Committee this month, the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, People Make Glasgow's Communities initiative, Live Well Community Referral programme, and the Glasgow Community Learning and Development strategy have sought to create a city where wellbeing economy principles are paramount. Council is a fully engaged supporter of the Living Wage in the labour market and renews its commitment to extending that through commitments from our contractors and supply chains. Council will use our influence to ensure that Living Hours - hours that allow people to have certainty about their working week thus also their regular income - are respected by all companies we do business with across Glasgow. Council strongly agrees that increasing the provision of social care and childcare - through the maintained expansion of 1140 hours needs to remain free and that extra hours beyond the offer should remain affordable for working families. Council welcomes the Scottish Government and Parliaments commitment to CWB are to become the primary means of developing local economic growth which are intended to narrow social inequalities of opportunity, income and environment. Council wholeheartedly supports the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland (WeALL) five point plan for action by the Scottish Government which are to: "Increase the rate of the Scottish Child Payment to £55 by the end of the next Parliament. "Maximise incomes through full coverage access to advice services to ensure that everyone can access their entitlements. "Increase the coverage of the Living Wage and Living Hours in the labour market. "Improve provision and reduce costs of social care and childcare for low income households. "Introduce multi-year pilots of the Minimum Income Guarantee by 2029 to test the policy in practice, with a focus on unpaid carers and rural and island communities. Council fully recognises the massive reduction in child poverty that the Scottish Child Payment has initiated and that increasing the payment can only further enhance the positive impact of the policy which has lifted 400,000 children out of poverty. Council has already invested significantly in warm homes, childcare and education whilst bringing forward significant plans for transport through the Clyde Metro Council strongly supports the roadmap to introducing a Minimum Income Guarantee and will do so by looking into its feasibility through multi-year pilot for Glasgow's hardworking carers - beyond the existing offers of assistance and support coming from the Scottish Government through carers allowance. Council further resolves to ask the Chief Executive to liaise with the necessary levels of Scottish Government and UK Government to advise on the necessary elements to bring such a pilot into being, and asks that they consider endorsing the WeALL Scotland five point plan. Council also seeks to scale up support for CWB and more inclusive and democratic business models throughout our operations. .

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