About the Project
New Prosperity Devon (NPD) is a social enterprise that was formed in 2019 through Transition Exeter’s economics working group.
NPD has been helping to generate a fairer and more sustainable local economy in Devon. It has run events and training opportunities, shared good practice, created connections, and sparked initiatives that provide for both people and the environment. It has also developed an extensive Knowledge Hub of resources, which we have copied across to its new home on the Transition Exeter website.
Our Aim:
- To promote sustainable economic development in Devon
The Story So Far
New Prosperity Devon has been devoted to catalysing conversations and partnerships promoting an inclusive and sustainable kind of economic development for Devon, carrying out projects, and providing research and consultancy to other institutions.
- NPD has been running seminars and lectures on Community Wealth Building, supporting local authorities and other place based institutions in using their spending to promote their own social and environmental goals
- NPD has also been supporting local councils in developing their response to the climate and ecological emergencies.
- Experience of institutions like public services, local authorities, NHS bodies, schools colleges and universities was reflected in the NPD report ‘Investing in our place’, Summer 2020.
- In 2022-23 New Prosperity Devon undertook part of the Support Social Enterprise programme co-ordinated by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Dartington. Read the report ‘Social Value through Public Sector Spending – the Role of the Social Economy’, 2023.
- Some of the NPD webinars are available on its YouTube channel. There are many more resources on the Knowledge Hub.
NPD is part of the Devon Doughnut Collective. This seeks to design metrics for Devon to measure progress against the concept of staying within planetary boundaries and providing a basic social foundation according to the Sustainable Development goals – a safe operating space for humanity. Kate Raworth describes the concept and tool in her book ‘Doughnut Economics’ and in this short video. Overall, the tool aims to ‘Measure what matters’.
Latest News
- Social Value through Public Sector Spending
In 2022-23 New Prosperity Devon undertook part of the Support Social Enterprise programme co-ordinated by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, Dartington. We held seminars and webinars for public sector bodies who wanted to get more social and environmental value from their procurement spending, and for social economy organisations (social enterprises, charities and co-ops), mission-led organisations, ... - New Prosperity DevonTransition Exeter and Exeter Quaker Meeting have supported the development of a new social enterprise, New Prosperity Devon, devoted to catalysing conversations and partnerships promoting an inclusive and sustainable kind of economic development for Devon, carrying out projects and providing research and consultancy to other institutions. Three events are planned for Thursday 26th September at Exeter ...
How to Get Involved
Transition Exeter’s Local Prosperity group welcomes feedback and additions, so do get in touch if you would like to add to the conversation.
