Natalie oversees and manages the delivery of a portfolio of activities in order to deliver our investments, and she engages with community businesses and other funders.
Recent local elections welcomed new mayors and combined authorities to England. As the dust settles, we reflect on what it means for the community business sector.
The Empowering Places programme supported and seeded community businesses in underserved areas of England using a relational approach, leadership and reputation, unrestricted grants, and flexible yet targeted support over a five-year period. This blog reflects on the learnings from the programme.
Empowering Places: The impact of the programme on community businesses
The Empowering Places programme aims to build more resilient and prosperous communities by building the capacity of locally rooted ‘catalyst’ organisations in six areas to seed the growth of new community businesses, says our places officer Natalie White.
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