Stories

People-powered regeneration to deliver genuinely affordable homes

A community hub serving one the most diverse communities in England

A 200 year old pub saved by the community

Beating the traffic with a 365 day community boat service

A community minibus service increasing employability and alleviating poverty

A Grade II listed Victorian hub providing workspace, education and training for local people

Transporting the local community with its fleet of eight minibuses

The community theatre putting a rural town back on the map

A diverse community café and LGBT+ centre uniting residents in an inclusive space

The last pub in North Maidenhead saved by the community, for the community

A community led Edwardian bathhouse in the suburbs of Leeds.

A community energy project tackling fuel poverty in Buckinghamshire

A community vineyard providing volunteering opportunities and health benefits to local people

Putting a historic London canal into community use

Renovating Anstice Memorial Hall, a Victorian working men’s club

Providing affordable workspace, enterprise support and training

A community business supporting disabled adults into employment

When threatened with the potential demolition of the community centre, people of Linskill and North Tyneside came together to turn the building into a community asset.

Self-building a community cinema, music and arts hub in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Bringing the less mobile members of the community to a vibrant community centre

Supporting community sport and helping disadvantaged groups

A community digital media centre giving a platform to Sheffield voices

Transforming an Edwardian hospital site to revive a dying rural community

A people powered homes revolution for 1000 affordable homes in Leeds

Transforming a Grade II listed Victorian factory into a community meeting and conference hub

A housing and regeneration project behind the Turner Prize

Restoring a Victorian railway pier for community use

Stocksbridge Leisure Centre, closed by the council in 2013, is now running at a surplus by and for the community.

Dynamic social hub made possible by a dedicated and diverse community

A platform co-operative that brings community together in social care

Investing in community-owned solar panels to tackle energy poverty

A community café, transport and befriending business supporting the most vulnerable in Framlingham

Recycling unwanted & unused bikes to benefit marginalised groups in Bristol

Norwich Mustard, keeping the city’s heritage industry in production

A homegrown community café tackling poverty through education and training

An unused station house turned community hub connecting rural communities in Suffolk

A unique and much-loved base for a diverse community of individuals and groups

Restoring a Victorian grade II listed ballroom for community use

Integrating health and wellbeing services into a vibrant community hub

The Green Estate has turned wasteland into an attraction, challenging negative perceptions and providing employment.

A Grade I listed church that has been brought back to life with a new cultural centre and café extension

A beautiful historic pub cared for and restored by the local community

Harnessing underused school facilities to catalyse community activity

A community launderette improving social cohesion

A community hub that’s binding the fabric of the community

Putting the heart back into a divided community

A community-owned football club

Putting council community centres in Leeds into community hands

Providing therapeutic services and cultivating wellbeing in Wigan

Training, education and employment for young people in Tower Hamlets

Bringing economic prosperity to isolated communities in the Pennines

A community-owned cooperative uniquely combining skateboarding with community development

A vibrant and enterprising community pub for villagers with a café, shop, playground and a range of community activities

Upgrading the first community-owned health and wellbeing centre in Leeds

A community business that develops, funds, builds, owns and operates renewable energy schemes in the Sheffield City region.

The former school site increasing job and skills opportunities in rural Norfolk

A community-led housing development providing affordable homes, promoting health & wellbeing, creating a green neighbourhood

Improving health and regenerating a former mining community

The class A community oyster farm putting Porlock on the map

A community bookshop preserving access to literature for everyone

Ensuring Fish Island’s regeneration works for local people and creative businesses

Supporting health and wellbeing through growing fruit and vegetables

Improving their neighbourhood brick by brick and loaf by loaf

UKs largest salt-water lido serving the community of Penzance and beyond.

Making a Victorian garden cemetery fit for the future

A 100-year-old community owned library launching a network for their peers

Local library opened by Mark Twain reopened in community hands

A community lobster hatchery sustaining fishing heritage and trade

A pool taken into community hands by the people of Portsmouth

Breathing new life into an iconic local heritage asset

Neglected bombsite becomes inclusive community farm

A community hub pioneering social prescribing in Gateshead

The first community owned pub on an estate

A community café, shop and exhibition space in Lewisham

Saving and evolving The Joiners Arms to become London’s first late-licence LGBTQI community-run pub

A community orchard in Newquay supporting mental health and environmental education

A community-driven visual arts hub, promoting well-being and enterprise

Transforming a grade II listed school house into a community hub for a commuter town

A community nursery and garden centre training vulnerable young people

A community-led garden centre improving wellbeing and social inclusion

Fostering community pride and opportunities through reading and literacy

Building opportunities for young people and housing for vulnerable adults

Saving and reviving the beating heart of the village

Supporting local young people to become independent