Community business case studies
Read about some of the community businesses we’ve supported and how they’re building stronger, more resilient local communities.
Sister Midnight
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amThe young women on a mission to establish Lewisham’s first community owned live music venue.
People Dem Collective
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amFrom a living room meet up to plans to take over a five-story building, People Dem Collective are proudly taking up space in Margate.
Friends of the Joiners Arms
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amA strong community standing up to save threatened LGBTQ+ spaces in Tower Hamlets, London.
Future Yard
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amA brand new community venue in one of the country’s most deprived wards exists as a template for how contemporary music venues can be run while proudly proclaiming: The Future is Birkenhead.
Wigan Warriors Community Foundation
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amFrom hosting free rugby camps to thousands of children every year to offering disability teams, this foundation is aiming to serve everyone in its community.
White Rock Neighbourhood Ventures
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amWhite Rock Neighbourhood Ventures are transforming derelict buildings in Hastings.
Radcliffe Market Hall
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amBreathing new life into an old market town.
Station South
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amAn old train station connecting communities once again
Good Things Collective
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amA seaside hub bringing great ideas to life
Into Bodmin
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amA historic building turned cultural facility drawing visitors to the high street.
Chopwell Regeneration Group
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amSaving the local high street and supporting local people.
Pollenize
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amPollenize uses the power of community and science to fight against pollinator decline.
Banister House Solar
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amResidents of Banister House turned disillusion into the UK’s largest community-owned solar energy project on social housing.
Huyton Juniors
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amHaving successfully established a community football club for young people on disused parkland, Huyton Juniors then turned its attention to regenerating the space into a permanent community asset.
Glamis Hall
Thursday, January 1, 1970 - 12:00 amIn 2014, Wellingborough Council decided it couldn’t afford to keep a day centre for the elderly open so residents, left reeling by its closure, stepped up and took it on.