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M-Prez
Supporting women and young adults into arts, culture, education, tech and science
One Voice Blackburn
Growing the aspirations of young people in one of the most diverse and disadvantaged places in the country
Brixton Windmill
London’s last working windmill, now its newest education and community space
Amble Development Trust
A community lobster hatchery sustaining fishing heritage and trade
Anstice Memorial Hall
Renovating Anstice Memorial Hall, a Victorian working men’s club
Arnos Vale Community Cemetery
Making a Victorian garden cemetery fit for the future
Aylesham Hub
A social hub designed to meet the needs of a growing population
Barnsley Community Build
Building opportunities for young people and housing for vulnerable adults
Bootstrap Charity
Providing affordable workspace, enterprise support and training
Bramley Baths
A community led Edwardian bathhouse in the suburbs of Leeds.
Brighton Energy Coop
Building large scale renewable energy systems and using the income raised to fund innovative community projects
Bristol Community Ferry Boats
Beating the traffic with a 365 day community boat service
Brixton Windmill
London’s last working windmill, now its newest education and community space
Bromley-by-Bow Centre
Integrating health and wellbeing services into a vibrant community hub
Burton Street Foundation
A community business supporting disabled adults into employment
Charles Burrell Centre
The former school site increasing job and skills opportunities in rural Norfolk
Community Catering Initiative
A homegrown community café tackling poverty through education and training
Craufurd Arms Pub
The last pub in North Maidenhead saved by the community, for the community
Crediton Community Bookshop
Fostering community pride and opportunities through reading and literacy
Cuckmere Community Bus
Transporting the local community with its fleet of eight minibuses
DoLittle Solutions
Training, education and employment for young people in Tower Hamlets
Edberts House
A community hub pioneering social prescribing in Gateshead
Equal Care Co-op
A platform co-operative that brings community together in social care
Exchange Creative Community CIC
A community-driven visual arts hub, promoting well-being and enterprise
Florence Institute Trust
A Grade II listed Victorian hub providing workspace, education and training for local people
Forty Hall Vineyard
A community vineyard providing volunteering opportunities and health benefits to local people
Friends of the Joiners Arms
Saving and evolving The Joiners Arms to become London’s first late-licence LGBTQI community-run pub
Future Wolverton
Transforming a grade II listed school house into a community hub for a commuter town
Gawcott Fields Community Solar
A community energy project tackling fuel poverty in Buckinghamshire
George Street Community Bookshop
A community bookshop preserving access to literature for everyone
Glamis Hall for All
Bringing the less mobile members of the community to a vibrant community centre
Granby Four Streets
A housing and regeneration project behind the Turner Prize
Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene’s Paddington
A Grade I listed church that has been brought back to life with a new cultural centre and café extension
Green Estate
The Green Estate has turned wasteland into an attraction, challenging negative perceptions and providing employment.
Green Synergy
Creating a community space for gardening and wellbeing
Greenslate Community Farm
Providing therapeutic services and cultivating wellbeing in Wigan
Grimsby Community Energy
Investing in community-owned solar panels to tackle energy poverty
Hampstead Norreys Community Shop
A community hub that’s binding the fabric of the community
Headingley Development Trust
A thriving community business providing a focal point for residents in the local community
Highfields Centre
A community hub serving one the most diverse communities in England
Hill Station Community Café
A community café, shop and exhibition space in Lewisham
Hilsea Lido
A pool taken into community hands by the people of Portsmouth
Homebaked
Improving their neighbourhood brick by brick and loaf by loaf
Hour Community
A community café, transport and befriending business supporting the most vulnerable in Framlingham
Hulme Community Garden Centre
A community-led garden centre improving wellbeing and social inclusion
John Pounds Community Centre
Transforming a Grade II listed Victorian factory into a community meeting and conference hub
Jubilee Pool Penzance
UKs largest salt-water lido serving the community of Penzance and beyond.
Kensal Rise Library
Local library opened by Mark Twain reopened in community hands
Kitty’s Launderette
A community launderette improving social cohesion
Kiveton Park and Wales CDT
Improving health and regenerating a former mining community
Leeds Community Homes
A people powered homes revolution for 1000 affordable homes in Leeds
Leeds Community Spaces
Putting council community centres in Leeds into community hands
Lincoln Area Regeneration Group
Putting a historic London canal into community use
Linskill and North Tyneside Development Trust
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.
Litherland REMYCA Football Club
A community-owned football club
M-Prez
Supporting women and young adults into arts, culture, education, tech and science
NEDCare
Providing fair, community-owned home care in rural Dartmoor
New Wortley Community Centre
Upgrading the first community-owned health and wellbeing centre in Leeds
New Wortley Community Housing
People-powered regeneration to deliver genuinely affordable homes
Newquay Community Orchard
A community orchard in Newquay supporting mental health and environmental education
Norwich Mustard
Norwich Mustard, keeping the city’s heritage industry in production
One Voice Blackburn
Growing the aspirations of young people in one of the most diverse and disadvantaged places in the country
Parr Sports and Community Centre
A sports club that is transforming a deprived district of St Helens
Projekts MCR
A community-owned cooperative uniquely combining skateboarding with community development
Radcliffe Market Hall
A regenerated market hall providing a local and ethical community space
Real Ideas Organisation Connected Schools
Harnessing underused school facilities to catalyse community activity
Redcatch Community Garden
A thriving community garden on a disused bowling green
Sheffield Live!
A community digital media centre giving a platform to Sheffield voices
Sheffield Renewables
A community business that develops, funds, builds, owns and operates renewable energy schemes in the Sheffield City region.
Shotley Pier
Restoring a Victorian railway pier for community use
Sidney Street Community Cafe
A diverse community café and LGBT+ centre uniting residents in an inclusive space
South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society
Bringing economic prosperity to isolated communities in the Pennines
Southgen
Transforming an Edwardian hospital site to revive a dying rural community
spACE @Hare Hill House – Moorend Development Trust
Breathing new life into an iconic local heritage asset
St Ann’s Redevelopment Trust (StART)
A community-led housing development providing affordable homes, promoting health & wellbeing, creating a green neighbourhood
Star and Shadow Cinema
Self-building a community cinema, music and arts hub in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Station House Community Connections
An unused station house turned community hub connecting rural communities in Suffolk
Stepney City Farm
Neglected bombsite becomes inclusive community farm
Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre
Stocksbridge Leisure Centre, closed by the council in 2013, is now running at a surplus by and for the community.
Stour Space
Ensuring Fish Island’s regeneration works for local people and creative businesses
Stretford Public Hall
Restoring a Victorian grade II listed ballroom for community use
Sunderland Homegrown
A community nursery and garden centre training vulnerable young people
The Anglers Rest
Saving and reviving the beating heart of the village
The Bevy
The first community owned pub on an estate
The Bristol Bike Project
Recycling unwanted & unused bikes to benefit marginalised groups in Bristol
The Duke of Marlborough Pub
A beautiful historic pub cared for and restored by the local community
The Gardeners Rest Pub
A unique and much-loved base for a diverse community of individuals and groups
The Harrow Pub
A 200 year old pub saved by the community
The New Inn
A vibrant and enterprising community pub for villagers with a café, shop, playground and a range of community activities
The Selby Trust
Dynamic social hub made possible by a dedicated and diverse community
Upper Norwood Library
A 100-year-old community owned library launching a network for their peers
Viva Arts and Community Group
The community theatre putting a rural town back on the map
Waltham Forest Community Transport
A community minibus service increasing employability and alleviating poverty
Westbury Community Shop
Putting the heart back into a divided community
Wolves Lane Horticultural Centre
A food growing hub in the heart of North London promoting education and enterprise
Yealm Community Energy
Bringing solar farms into community ownership and ploughing a proportion of profits into local community projects
YES Brixham
Supporting local young people to become independent