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:

Started Currency Status Comment Organisations Model Website
2018 Lake District Pound[1] Defunct 2019[1] Lakes Currency Project[1]
2012 Bristol pound[2] Active as of June 2019 Bristol Pound Community CIC, Bristol Credit Union, Bristol City Council Chiemgauer[2]​ bristolpound.org
2009 Brixton pound[3]​ Active as of June 2019 Transition Town Brixton brixtonpound.org
TBC Cardiff pound Not launched Initial exploration circa 2015. Proposed launch for 2020[4] cardiffpound.co.uk
2002[5] Eko Active as of November 2019 Currency of Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray, Scotland Ekopia, Hygeia Foundation www.ekopia.org.uk/investments/eko-community-currency/
2015 Exeter pound Defunct 2018[6] Exeter Pound CIC exeterpound.org.uk
2014[7]​ Kingston pound[citation needed] Active as of June 2019 kingstonpound.org
2008 Lewes pound[8] Active as of June 2019 Transition Town Lewes BerkShares thelewespound.org
2018 Lake District pound[7] Defunct 2020 www.lakedistrictpound.com
TBC Oxford pound Not launched Initial plan was not successful in 2013. In 2017, a Green Party councillor put a new proposal forward to the council.[9] oxfordpound.org.uk (archive)
2009 Stroud pound Defunct 2013 Website not updated since 2012,[10] but Stroud Pound Co-op Ltd still exists as of November 2019.[11] Transition Town Stroud, Stroud Pound Co-op Chiemgauer[12]
2007 Totnes pound[3] Defunct 2019[13] Transition Town Totnes BerkShares totnespound.org

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Lake District Pound: Currency forced out by contactless technology". BBC. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Cooper, Rachel (September 19, 2012). "Bristol launches city's local currency" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "No money? Then make your own". BBC News. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  4. ^ Squires, Carly (August 2, 2017). "Cardiff could have its own currency by 2020". walesonline.
  5. ^ https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/findhorn-eko-currency-is-hot-off-the-press-137698/
  6. ^ Finch, Hannah (July 31, 2018). "What went wrong for the Exeter Pound?". devonlive.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Sophie (July 27, 2017). "From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies?" – 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. ^ "The Oxford Pound - City could soon get its very own currency". The Oxford Times.
  10. ^ "Home". April 5, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.
  11. ^ "STROUD POUND CO-OP LTD - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  12. ^ Scott Cato, Molly (2012). "Stroud Pound: a Local Currency to Map, Measure and Strengthen The Local Economy" (PDF). International Journal of Community Currency Research Volume 16. 16: Section D 106-115.
  13. ^ "Totnes pound: Currency killed by 'cashless economy'". BBC News Website. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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