by Andrew Connolly | Aug 19, 2018 | The latest from the project
In order to gain support from the various funding bodies, community projects have to prove that they are having an impact on their community but, what does having impact mean? Does impact have to be measured in monetary terms or can it be measured in other...
by Andrew Connolly | Mar 18, 2018 | The latest from the project
Kingston Pound Data Privacy Policy About this Policy 1. This policy explains when and why we collect personal and business information about our user members, how we use it and how we keep it secure and your rights in relation to it. 2. We may collect, use and store...
by Andrew Connolly | Jan 2, 2018 | The latest from the project
Check out Salmon here http://bit.ly/2jNJ3sz The Salmon are no longer found in the Thames despite Kingston upon Thames having three Salmon fisheries as mentioned in the Doomsday book. The problem is that pollution and industrial activity has meant that the Salmon...
by Andrew Connolly | Nov 13, 2017 | The latest from the project
Many studies have been published and many books written about money. Money is in the news in some form everyday so you would think we should have a better understanding about it and where it comes from. Most of us, however, have very little understanding about...
by Andrew Connolly | Sep 8, 2017 | The latest from the project, Thoughts from Andrew
Our relationship with money today is radically different from what it used to be for our parents and grandparents. Did you know that today, only 8% of the worlds money is in the form of coins and notes. The rest is digital and exist in the form of zeros and ones in a...
by Andrew Connolly | Jul 28, 2017 | The latest from the project
Stuff happens in our towns and cities. Quite often without any input from us. Things are done to us and that's no fun.This is changing because communities like those in the Borough of Kingston are reimagining their relationship with food, energy and money. For...
by Andrew Connolly | Jul 26, 2017 | The latest from the project
Benefits of Business Membership:1 Attract more custom and loyalty from people and businesses2 Receive Kingston Pounds for whole amount of transactions, or alongside sterling payments (Kingston Pound is complementary currency, designed to...
by Andrew Connolly | Jun 22, 2017 | The latest from the project
Money is something that is most definitely ‘done to us’ and so we do not have much control over it. We are forever chasing it and when we get it, most of it is hoovered up by large multinationals (some are so big e.g. Hoover, their name describes the...
by Andrew Connolly | Jun 7, 2017 | Thoughts from Andrew
Its like the best military campaign ever. First you identify your prey, in this instance a local high street. You notice all the potential footfall that can attract away when you open your big box mega store just out of town. Footfall in the high street dwindles and a...
by Bobi | Apr 25, 2017 | The latest from the project
Featuring in a major free exhibition this Summer Kingston Pound has been invited to participate in a a major free exhibition, The City Is Ours, at the Museum of London this Summer. The work that we are doing to support local businesses in our borough will be shown...
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