Common Weal is a Scottish pro-independence think tank and advocacy group which campaigns for social and economic equality in Scotland.

A group of academics and economists proposed a model based on co-operation and mutual benefit, attempting to avoid social exclusion.

[2] In July 2013, founder Robin McAlpine was invited to present the project's economic concepts to the First Minister and the SNP's 65 MSPs.

[8] Common Weal had developed its own identity[9] and in October 2014 it split from the Jimmy Reid Foundation and became an independent organisation under the leadership of Robin McAlpine.

At the AGM on 21 March 2022 the members elected the following Directors: Common Weal is funded through subscriptions, individual donations and through selling published works.