Community wealth building is supporting jobs in Fife

A report to Fife Council’s Cabinet Committee on 5 November says the council’s community wealth building programme is keeping more of the wealth generated in Fife in the local economy. The Life Chances programme has supported 236 people facing barriers to employment, with more than 150 moving into positive destinations and 126 securing jobs with the council. The new Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Act will require the council and its partners to develop a statutory action plan in the coming months.

Why it matters locally. Council spending, apprenticeships and the new legal duty will shape local jobs and contracts in Dunfermline as well as the rest of Fife.