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Resilient Communities Fund: Review

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.
Community Life Survey Hyperlocal Booster Report

Community Life Survey Hyperlocal Booster Report

Reporting on Kantar Public’s difference-in-difference analysis of the hyperlocal version of the Community Life Survey.
Community business and climate action

Community business and climate action

Scoping and analysing community business’ role in the transition to a fairer, greener economy 
Social economy in the North of Tyne

Social economy in the North of Tyne

A strategic partnership between North of Tyne Combined Authority and Power to Change has been reviewing the challenges and opportunities facing the social economy in the North of Tyne to understand how best to design support for the sector in the region.
Young People in Community Business: Stories of Change

Young People in Community Business: Stories of Change

Community businesses can transform the progressive social intentions of younger generations into meaningful and sustainable community action. This report showcases the many ways young people came to be and are involved in community businesses.
The ‘Year Zero’ reporting approach

The ‘Year Zero’ reporting approach

New report exploring the 'Year Zero' approach to understanding the impact of Power to Change's investment
The benefits of being in a community energy group

The benefits of being in a community energy group

The Next Generation programme supported survey research with 205 members of three community energy groups to explore the difference that community energy made to their lives.  
Minoritised ethnic community and social enterprises

Minoritised ethnic community and social enterprises

Looking at performance in meeting the needs of minoritised ethnic communities and reviewing what is already known about those needs from existing research.
A High Street Revolution

A High Street Revolution

Power to Change commissioned LSE Consulting to explore the role that private sector developers can play in supporting greater community involvement on our high streets and in our town centres.
Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses

Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses

How community business peer networking operated before and during coronavirus

How community business peer networking operated before and during coronavirus

Network Support: Community business peer networking before and during coronavirus

Network Support: Community business peer networking before and during coronavirus

Growing community businesses: An interim evaluation of Bright Ideas, the Community Business Fund and Trade Up

Growing community businesses: An interim evaluation of Bright Ideas, the Community Business Fund and Trade Up

Volunteering in community business: Meaning, practice and management

Volunteering in community business: Meaning, practice and management

Trading Up: Match Trading® for Community Businesses as a powerful incentive for regeneration post-COVID

Trading Up: Match Trading® for Community Businesses as a powerful incentive for regeneration post-COVID

Community Improvement Districts: A Discussion Paper

Community Improvement Districts: A Discussion Paper

The Power to Change report Take Back the High Street set out the case for the greater involvement of communities in the oversight and revitalisation of their high streets.
Findings of Bristol BAME sector review

Findings of Bristol BAME sector review

Homes in Community Hands – Evaluation Report

Homes in Community Hands – Evaluation Report

Power to Change’s Homes in Community Hands (HCH) programme provides grants to help build and refurbish affordable housing. Specifically, the programme is supporting the development of community-led housing (CLH) in England and has been allocated £7.6 million to do this.
Evaluation summary: Next Generation Energy – interim report

Evaluation summary: Next Generation Energy – interim report

This paper presents interim evaluation findings about parts of the Next Generation programme, covering the processes used and early outcomes.
Assessing the value of volunteers in community businesses

Assessing the value of volunteers in community businesses

This report reviews the existing evidence on the importance of volunteering to community businesses and derives estimates of the overall economic value of volunteering to community businesses.