The new high street playbook: Community-led innovation in action
The 'new high street playbook' shares lessons from our Community-Led High Street Innovators programme, and why they matter now. Connecting real world practice to the current policy window, this report reflects a growing focus on the conditions needed for longer-term stewardship, particularly the role of community influence, governance and ownership in shaping the future of our high streets.
Returning power to the people: What community empowerment can do for the public and for politics
At a time when the government faces enormous pressure to mount a response to the sense of discontent and decline that the public is feeling, giving communities more local control is emerging as a solution that is both effective and popular. This research demonstrates the need to put communities at the heart of the political debate to unlock a path to national renewal.
The economic contribution of community business
There have long been gaps in quantitative evidence around the unique economic contribution that community business makes. This new research provides an estimate of the total economic contribution made by community businesses to the national economy. It highlights the different ways, to whom, and where community businesses drive economic benefits locally.
Resilient Communities Fund: A 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
Reporting on Kantar Public’s difference-in-difference analysis of the hyperlocal version of the Community Life Survey.
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
How community business peer networking operated before and during coronavirus
Network Support: Community business peer networking before and during coronavirus
This paper examines the role of peer networking between community business practitioners. The research reported in the paper was undertaken during the early months of the Covid-19 lockdown, and so it reflects on the value of peer networking before and during the crisis.
Growing community businesses: An interim evaluation of Bright Ideas, the Community Business Fund and Trade Up
This report summarises the interim findings from an independent evaluation of Bright Ideas (BI), Trade Up (TU) and the Community Business Fund (CBF)
Volunteering in community business: Meaning, practice and management
Trading Up: Match Trading® for Community Businesses as a powerful incentive for regeneration post-COVID
This report demonstrates the impact of the Community Business Trade Up programme, a five year, £6.5million support programme aimed at strengthening community businesses. The aim of the programme is to help participants increase their trading income, build an entrepreneurial mindset, reduce grant dependency and be financially sustainable.
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
This report presents findings of a review of the BAME-led voluntary and community sector in Bristol. Its methods included survey and interview research with BAME-led organisations. Participants were also involved in a series of consultative roundtable meetings.
