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%
funds to the 30% most deprived areas
11,300
total number of community businesses in 2020, up from 5,500 in 2015
1,724
unique community businesses supported
Community business case studies
Stories of community change
Find your nearest community business
The latest stories
Wigan & Leigh Community Charity, Wigan
Creating a movement in community organising in Wigan.
Wharton Trust, Hartlepool
Providing opportunities for Hartlepool to do things differently.
Wellspring Settlement, Bristol
An organisation evolving to meet the ever changing needs of their community.