Louisa delivers external communications including via social media, the website, and press and media. Louisa strategically communicates our research and policy recommendations to build credibility and help us achieve systemic change for communities.
Fixing the foundations: A communities strategy for Britain
This paper explores community cohesion, empowerment and growth in response to the riots across the UK this summer. The recommendations put communities in the lead, reflecting the importance of places to meet and the need for support from all levels of government.
Resilient Communities Fund: Review
The Resilient Communities Fund provided emergency support as quickly as possible to community businesses, to support them to implement energy resilience projects to become more resilient to both climate change and the cost-of-living crisis.
Financing the future economy: How community businesses can access the right finance to achieve their ambitions
This report provides an overview of the finance and funding landscape for community business, outlining the challenges in accessing the right type of finance at the right time, and situating access to finance within the wider policy context.
Leading the Way – Evaluation Report
The Leading the Way programme aimed to increase the skills, confidence, and networks of community enterprise leaders. This report evaluates it's impact, including on their enteprises and communities.
The Anstice
Former working men’s club turned proud community hub.
Southern Maltings: Ware Arts Centre
Bustling arts centre in building that stretches back to 1839.
Kingsclere Community Association
Despite being located in a rural community with just 4800 people, The Fieldgate Centre, provides a diverse and fundamental service to the local community.
Walthamstow Toy Library
Providing toys and play to the children of north-east London for nearly 50 years.
The Bristol Cable
Media by, and for the local community.
Wings
A platform for delivery riders, society, and the environment.
Chilli Studios
Supporting community health outcomes and strengthening community cohesion.
Live Well North East
Empowering people and enriching lives by providing activities and services to support health and wellbeing.
Bradford Organic Communities Service
Providing organic fruit and veg, as well as paint and crafts, to the people of Bradford.
Revved Up
A community business for young people, designed by young people. Revved Up provides employment opportunities alongside engaging activities for local young people.
Ridgehill Enterprises
Ridgehill Enterprises are regenerating the local area for the benefit of the community.
Assessing our Diversity, Transparency and Accountability
Power to Change has been rated on our diversity, transparency and accountability by the Friends Provident Foundation, in their first report publication of the Foundation Practice Rating (FPR).
Kitty’s Laundrette
Founded on an ethos of radical inclusivity and responsibility, Kitty's Laundrette enables its young co-operative members to take control of both their and their organisation's work.
Kirklees Local TV
Harnessing the power of film to tell hidden stories, Kirklees Local TV is an internet-based TV station that provides a platform for young people to grow their confidence and agency.
LifeAfterHummus Community Benefit Society
Intergenerational and intersectional values are the driving ethos behind LifeAfterHummus, a community benefit society combating food poverty and food waste in central London.
October Books
Founded in the 1970s, radical co-operative bookshop, October Books in Southampton has expanded its reach to a new generation of young members and leaders.
