Impact
The impact of community businesses: putting people and the planet before profit.
All over England, people are coming together to make the places they live better.
Community businesses can be any type of business that trades products and services such as shops, transport, farms, hubs, pubs, gardens or leisure centres, run by local people for the benefit of the local community.
There’s a growing movement of communities taking back control of their local areas through business.
Find out more about their impact.
our impact on our grantees
£100m
funding for community businesses
2600
grants made
67%
11,300
1,724
Community business case studies
Stories of community change
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Inclusive local economies through traditional retail markets
The new Markets4People handbook outline how traditional retail markets can help with the Covid-19 recovery, revitalise high streets recovery, and support community wealth building, community business and other linked local economic development agendas.
Supporting community businesses to measure impact
Research shows that community businesses want support in measuring and articulating their impact. We outline how we’re helping to address this gap in the sector.
Powering Up Information Session (afternoon)
Monday, July 4, 2022 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pmJoin our webinar at 13:00 on 4 July and learn if the upcoming round of Powering Up is right for you.