Interview with York based social enterprises, co-operatives, charities and community groups, discussing local Community Wealth Building activities. Brought you by Fieldwork. <br/><br/><a href="https://wearefieldwork.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">wearefieldwork.substack.com</a>
York Community Wealth Building Podcast
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Interview with York based social enterprises, co-operatives, charities and community groups, discussing local Community Wealth Building activities. Brought you by Fieldwork. <br/><br/><a href="https://wearefieldwork.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">wearefieldwork.substack.com</a>
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June 25, 2026
#19: Phil Bixby - YoCo
<p>This is a special episode, because it takes everything that we’ve talked about in the past 18 episodes and it focuses on an opportunity that the city of York has right now, to put some of the community wealth building principles into practice.</p><p>What am I talking about? Well, let me introduce this week’s guest, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-bixby-80b75115/">Phil Bixby.</a></p><p>Phil is an Architect and Passivhaus designer who has lived and worked in York for more than thirty years. </p><p>Over the past decade Phil has worked with heritage academic Helen Graham as <a target="_blank" href="https://myfutureyork.org/">My Future York</a>, exploring ways to get the city to think creatively about its future. This led to the <a target="_blank" href="https://mycastlegateway.org/">My Castle Gateway</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://myyorkcentral.org/about-my-york-central/">My York Central</a> community engagement projects, and subsequent work with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.yoco.uk/">York Central Co-Owned (known as YoCo)</a> – facilitating community-led action to create a mixed community and local economy within the massive York Central redevelopment.</p><p>So, what does this mean? Well, we have one of the biggest city centre brownfield regeneration sites in the country on our doorstep with York Central, which has been in the works for four decades. Phil has been part of the conversation around what happens on this site for the last 10 years or so, and has been fighting to make sure that the wants and needs of the community are reflected in what gets built there.</p><p>If you’ve driven through that part of town recently you’ll see that money is being spent, infrastructure is being invested in, and there is already momentum to this project.</p><p>The question is, will York seize the opportunity to do something creative with this, that people in generations to come will look back upon as a marker of York’s commitment to building community wealth rather than private wealth, or will it continue with business as usual?</p><p>In this episode we dig into the origins of the YoCo project, including why Phil and Helen were first commissioned to do public engagement around the site.</p><p>We discuss how architects and city planners tend to approach complex issues and systems, and how that might not always be the best way forward. We talk about the disparity between people genuinely believing that York is unlikely to change in the next 10 years, yet also paradoxically believing that it has changed a lot in the past 10 years. And Phil shares his tips on how to do genuine public engagement, rather than a tickbox “public consultation”. </p><p>I hope you enjoy this conversation with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-bixby-80b75115/">Phil Bixby</a> of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/yorkcentralcoowned">YoCo</a>, I’m <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benporteryork/">Ben Porter</a>, and this is the <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@wearefieldwork">York Community Wealth Building Podcast</a>, brought to you by <a target="_blank" href="https://wearefieldwork.org/">Fieldwork</a>. </p><p>You can <a target="_blank" href="https://www.yoco.uk/join">become a YoCo member here,</a> or follow them on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/yorkcentralcoowned">Instagram</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/YorkCentralCoOwned/">Facebook.</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://wearefieldwork.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">wearefieldwork.substack.com</a>
June 18, 2026
#18: Kate McLaven - JRF
<p>This week’s guest is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-mclaven-915280149/">Kate McLaven</a>.</p><p>Kate is the York Local Lead at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jrf.org.uk/">Joseph Rowntree Foundation</a>, working on their place based Emerging Futures Team. </p><p>She is leading local York based work in service of social, economic and climate transition. </p><p>She also works as a project lead, facilitator and grassroots organiser with Story Of The Changing in York.</p><p>In this episode we start by giving a bit of background on Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Emerging Futures Team, including what Kate’s role as York local lead involves. We talk about the New Constellations journey, which was a project that JRF funded in 2023, which later became Fieldwork - the action research collective bringing you this podcast.</p><p>We then talk about how the way we work is just as important as the actual work itself, with JRF taking on the role of Field builder in place based work, and Kate highlights some of the community wealth building projects across the country that are taking over assets and using them to generate community wealth in perpetuity. </p><p>Finally we chat about what it means to go beyond assets and financial wealth when it comes to placemaking and building community wealth.</p><p>I hope you enjoy this conversation with Kate, I’m <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benporteryork/">Ben Porter</a> and this is the <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@wearefieldwork">York Community Wealth Building Podcast</a>, brought to you by <a target="_blank" href="https://wearefieldwork.org/">Fieldwork</a>.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://wearefieldwork.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">wearefieldwork.substack.com</a>
June 11, 2026
#17: Helen Jones
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://unlockingwords.wordpress.com/">Helen Jones</a> is a disabled, queer person who is curious about the world, passionate about learning and a compassionate activist. </p><p>Helen is the founder of <a target="_blank" href="https://quietpride.co.uk/">Quiet Pride</a>, a York based event where disabled LGBTQ+ people celebrate their wonderful, intersectional identities, which aims to be as accessible and inclusive as possible.</p><p>She’s a previous chair of <a target="_blank" href="https://ydrf.org.uk/">York Disability Rights Forum</a>, a position she held for 5 years which saw her carry out advocacy work on behalf of the disabled community, she writes a blog called <a target="_blank" href="https://unlockingwords.wordpress.com/">Unlocking Words</a> where she writes about nature, disability, sexuality and tarot, and she’s also a fellow member of Fieldwork. </p><p>In this episode we explore the origins of York Disability Rights Forum, and why a forum like this is important social infrastructure for building inclusive places. We talk about some of the false assumptions around disabled people, which are often reduced to caricature and are loaded with prejudice. </p><p>We discuss how we can make disabled people more visible in society, how ordinary people can get involved in community wealth building even if they currently feel powerless, as well as the benefits to us in all in not always choosing the cheapest and easiest option. </p><p>I hope you enjoy this conversation with Helen, this is the <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@wearefieldwork">York Community Wealth Building Podcast</a>, hosted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benporteryork/">Ben Porter</a> and brought to you by <a target="_blank" href="https://wearefieldwork.org/">Fieldwork</a>. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://wearefieldwork.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">wearefieldwork.substack.com</a>
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