COMMUNITY BUSINESS
Run by and for a local community
to make places better.
Community businesses reduce social isolation, revive empty buildings and lead on new developments. With grit, agility and empathy, local people share their professional and lived experience to find innovative solutions to complex issues.
Community business: the facts
42,000
paid staff with 86% living locally
£220m
contribution to the uk economy through community-owned spaces
85%
community businesses tackle social isolation
11,000
COMMUNITY BUSINESSES IN ENGLAND, WITH A TOTAL INCOME OF £1BN
1,724
unique community businesses supported by power to change
The latest stories
Power to Change’s plan to take back the high street
The Labour Party has recently published its plan to save the high street. But what’s missing, and how can Labour drive a community powered revolution on our high streets?
Labour’s high streets plans a welcome step to Take Back the High Street
Labour has begun to set out a new vision for our high streets. Power to Change has the tested ideas to enable communities to take charge of high street regeneration.
Powering up Britain
Last week Labour announced their answer to the levelling up agenda. What role can community business play in powering up Britain?