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Older voters sceptical of levelling up agenda
The public, and older voters especially, are extremely sceptical about the likely impact of the government’s levelling up agenda in their community.
Abandon centralised ‘Levelling Up’ or risk failure
This new report explores why the government must abandon its centralised Westminster-led approach to ‘Levelling Up’ or risk failure from outset.
Five key commitments to support minoritised ethnic communities
New research report launches five key commitments to support minoritised ethnic communities.
Property owners must act now to save UK’s failing high streets
22 high street leaders including property developers, investors and national government bodies, join forces to launch a new town centre property innovation programme.
Liverpool City Region’s social economy gets £1million boost
As Kindred invests its first money, a new report from the University of Liverpool’s Heseltine Institute reveals the strength of the community business market in Liverpool City Region, pre-Covid.
Power to Change launches new five year strategy
Our mission is to strengthen community businesses to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges at a local level.
Let communities and councils decide what happens on their local high street
The government should give communities more say over their local high streets’ future and enable councils to support them to do this.
Pioneering community solar farms generate £60k for communities
Six community solar farms across England and Wales – generating clean, renewable energy whilst reinvesting profits into the local community – have generated £60,000 of surplus profit which will be given to partners to support their local communities.
Create new £400m fund to help football fans buy their clubs
Our new report calls for government to put a Community Club Ownership Trust at the heart of football reforms as part of its new review following the failed European Super League.
A vision for the future of Bristol’s voluntary sector beyond Covid
Black South West Network, supported by key partners – VOSCUR and Locality – is launching the final report of a 9-month city-wide research project exploring the response of Bristol’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector to the pandemic and the potential of the sector in the city moving forward.
Power to Change to remain open for business with new National Lottery investment
New report reveals impact of Power to Change on community businesses across England in just six years
Recovery of high streets in coastal towns to be tracked following pandemic
High Street Tracker to test impact of social infrastructure on economic resilience.
Community businesses form £1bn beating heart of local areas
New research shows community businesses have been vital rallying points for villages, towns and cities, promoting public health, reducing social isolation and improving community cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our commitment to a more diverse, equitable and inclusive sector
As four organisations working closely with diverse community organisations across the UK, we are jointly and publicly committing to advocate for and actively effect a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community business sector.
Mayor of London backs new fund to boost capital’s high streets
Today, community business champions Power to Change and Co-operatives UK, supported by the Mayor of London, launched a new funding pilot designed to boost the capital’s high streets and civic centres.