Fellows' updates April 2024 Fellows' update: Yvonne Field
CEO and Founder of The Ubele Initiative, Yvonne Field OBE (CF 2012), is one of nine non-architects that have been awarded with a RIBA Honorary Fellow Award in 2024.
By Yvonne Field, 2024
Resilient economies
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to how communities of all kinds can be made more resilient through economic activity. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023, and has been developed in consultation with our economy and enterprise working group. Fellows’ stories.
Blogs & conversations How a Local Currency is transforming Brazil’s High Streets
I believe local currencies, like the system in Marica, can be a powerful business development model for towns and villages in the UK, especially those losing out to online sales or nearby large cities. They can support community wealth building and circular economy initiatives and give power back to communities when making spending decisions.
By Patrick Brown, 2023
Fellows' updates December 2022 Fellow's update: Roger Warnock
Social enterprise founder Roger Warnock (CF 2013) has been supporting the first round of projects developed through YouthUX, the initiative he is piloting with support from one of our Covid-19 Action Fund grants.
By Roger Warnock, 2023
