Community business case studies
Read about some of the community businesses we’ve supported and how they’re building stronger, more resilient local communities.
Digital skills: Upper Norwood Library Hub
Last year, like a lot of community businesses, Upper Norwood Library Trust found itself facing a big problem. It had built all its services around its community hub. Now, suddenly, all those services had to move online.
Coin Street Community Builders
Making London’s South Bank a better place to live, work, visit and study
Loughborough Junction Action Group
Sowing & growing in one of London’s most deprived neighbourhoods
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
M-Prez
Supporting women and young adults into arts, culture, education, tech and science
NEDCare
Providing fair, community-owned home care in rural Dartmoor
Brighton Energy Coop
Building large scale renewable energy systems and using the income raised to fund innovative community projects
Yealm Community Energy
Bringing solar farms into community ownership and ploughing a proportion of profits into local community projects
Green Synergy
Creating a community space for gardening and wellbeing
Aylesham Hub
A social hub designed to meet the needs of a growing population
Redcatch Community Garden
A thriving community garden on a disused bowling green
Parr Sports and Community Centre
A sports club that is transforming a deprived district of St Helens
Radcliffe Market Hall
A regenerated market hall providing a local and ethical community space
Headingley Development Trust
A thriving community business providing a focal point for residents in the local community