hum just became more than a funding platform.

Hi there

hum.community is about growing community wealth. The financial system counts money and little else. But communities are rich in capital: the trust between neighbours, the knowledge held locally, the culture passed down, the living systems people steward. That wealth is real.

Until now, hum's focus has been getting money more efficiently into the hands of the people best placed to decide how it's spent. That work, through our micro-grants platform, continues, and it's exciting to see more funders, charities and community groups join the ecosystem.

But today we're launching two new tools that help communities grow their own wealth.

• Community Currency lets local groups create and exchange value on their own terms, recognising contributions that money alone never would.

• Savings Pool lets local groups save together, so financial security comes from each other, not from going it alone.

Together they turn hum from a funding platform into what we set out to build: infrastructure for a wellbeing economy, with community at the centre.

If you're a funder, charity or community group who wants to grow wealth this way, we'd love to talk.