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Exploring barriers to funding and support experienced by marginalised community businesses

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This report, produced by Spark Insights and Locality, and commissioned by Power to Change, explores the experiences of community businesses and organisations led by or supporting people experiencing marginalisation on the barriers and solutions to accessing funding and support.

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Spark Insights is the research, training and consultancy arm of Spark & Co., a community business supporting racialised people in the UK to navigate and access support through an online platform and tailored educational programmes. The development of this research was supported by Locality and their expertise of community businesses and organisations.

In this report, they will explore the key findings from the research conducted into the barriers experienced by community businesses led by and/or supporting people experiencing marginalisation, and set out potential solutions and recommendations for Power to Change as well as the wider funding, capacity building and infrastructure sector.

Read the executive summary.

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