The Labour Party has recently published its plan to save the high street. But what’s missing, and how can Labour drive a community powered revolution on our high streets?
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Labour has begun to set out a new vision for our high streets. Power to Change has the tested ideas to enable communities to take charge of high street regeneration.
Last week Labour announced their answer to the levelling up agenda. What role can community business play in powering up Britain?
Ailbhe McNabola writes about why the owners of private buildings and land may look to provide space for communities – and why those who wish to empower communities should care about this too.
This blog shares highlights from conversations between ‘Makers & Maintainers’ community tech programme grantees, and the programme evaluator, inFocus.
New polling for Power to Change shows the public want communities to have priority in purchasing local council assets being sold off.
What does the Hyperlocal data tell us about community businesses' impact on local people?
We have been testing models for community energy that will play an important role in a fair, clean energy transition. Our learning can inform the Labour Party’s plans to grow the sector, putting communities and people at the heart of net zero.
The CORE partnership has facilitated five community businesses to take ownership of eight solar farms with a collective capacity of 36MWp.
Our Deputy Chief Executive responds to the Community Ownership Commission report.
Our new project with the Bennett Institute looks at how privately-owned spaces can bring communities together.
What can we learn from the Leading the Way programme for future leadership programmes?
Portfolio Manager, Will, shares why Community Energy Businesses (CEBs) could be the ticket to a just transition to net zero
Tim Davies-Pugh, Chief Executive of Power to Change, responds to the Autumn Statement
Community businesses can now access a multitude of useful resources and webinars to deepen their knowledge of energy efficiency, sustainability and community action.
Community businesses continue to plug the gap in growing local support needs, whilst they grapple with high costs of doing business, heating and powering their buildings.
We are deeply concerned about the impact of the cost of living and energy crises on community businesses and the vital services they provide to their communities. As communities respond to these crises, we are here to support them.
Community businesses need more certainty and support from government to make it through this period of crisis.
One way of doing this is through enabling community ownership, which will support the sector to continue playing its crucial role in strengthening communities and revitalising our high streets.
Today, we are launching our 2022 Community Business Market Report. The research used a survey, interviews, and a ...
The 2022 Community Business Market report, the 8th annual largest sector report reveals how community businesses are plugging the gap in local support as communities across England face a recession, rising costs of living and continued pressure on public services.
Power to Change has been supporting innovative post-subsidy business models for community energy businesses through the Next Generation programme.
Once upon a TWINE: New report shares tips and advice for funders and communities developing digital tools
Untangling TWINE: Lessons from a funder developing digital tools
Over the past 18 months we’ve been immersed in a fascinating space; learning, connecting and testing to see how communities are engaging with technology on their own terms.
New appointments bring diversity of expertise and experience to community business sector
Power to Change’s Ailbhe McNabola shares some community sector responses to Labour’s levelling up plans
The second tranche of Community Improvement District pilots have been announced as part of a pioneering new initiative.
Power to Change has been rated on our diversity, transparency and accountability by the Friends Provident Foundation, in their first report publication of the Foundation Practice Rating (FPR).
Power to Change’s Nick Plumb is appointed to government task force tackling high street decline.
Renaisi’s evaluation outlines the impact that Community Business Fund had on existing community businesses and recommends ways in which funders can support them going forward.
Renaisi’s evaluation outlines the impact that Bright Ideas had on community groups and early-stage community businesses, and recommends ways in which funders can support them going forward.
Twine apps, developed by Power to Change to help support community businesses with their admin, workflows and data collection, are entering their next phase under new ownership.
Power to Change’s vision is that by 2025, more communities in England run businesses that give them power to change what matters to them. They create more resilient places that are better to live and work in for everyone.
Power to Change’s Nick Plumb outlines why community ownership on the high street is essential to their survival.
CORE - a consortium of community solar farms - has secured £31m refinancing. This landmark investment pioneers institutional financing into the community renewable energy sector.
Power to Change are committed to supporting community businesses to play their role in the fairer, greener economy.
A new approach has been developed to better understand the financial impact of our funding for community businesses. Renaisi's Mylene Pacot explains all.
Laying out our diversity, equity and inclusion plans for the future, and our achievements so far.
The Government published its Levelling Up White Paper this week. Power to Change’s Ailbhe McNabola gives her reaction on whether it will deliver for communities.
Power to Change responds to the publication of the Government's Levelling Up White Paper.
Power to Change’s Nick Plumb outlines the four things he’ll be looking out for in the Levelling Up White Paper when it publishes in the coming weeks
Supporting community businesses to make a real difference in the shift to a fairer, greener economy.
Community energy businesses are taking risks, and building new skills, through Power to Change's Next Generation programme.
Is the concept of sector useful in understanding and supporting community businesses?
Nick Plumb reveals the two London high streets named England’s first community improvement districts in a bid to revive the UK’s struggling town centres.
Community Business Market in 2021 report shows thriving sector provides economic and social boost despite the pandemic.
Power to Change responds to the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee's high streets report.
We are continuing to build the evidence base about how community businesses impact on health and wellbeing, employability, social isolation, their local environment, and much more.
Vidhya Alakeson lays out the challenges facing communities striving to make their places better and why they need more power.
A brand-new programme supporting community enterprise leaders in the North East of England and across Yorkshire & Humberside to build their skills and confidence to continue playing a vital role supporting communities.
Power to Change responds to the Fan Led Review of Football Governance
Climate hero Mark Pepper of Ambition Lawrence Weston shares his thoughts on attending and speaking at COP26.
How will COP26 encourage community climate action? Will Walker, our climate action manager, blogs from COP26.
In a joint letter to Tracey Crouch MP ahead of the publication of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance, supporters trusts are calling for action to support fan and community ownership of our football clubs.
We are putting the climate crisis at the forefront of every single decision that Power to Change makes.
As consensus builds around the importance of social infrastructure to deliver the government’s levelling up ambition, Jenny Sansom shares the story of east London’s Bromley-by-Bow Centre.
The public, and older voters especially, are extremely sceptical about the likely impact of the government’s levelling up agenda in their community.
It's been an eventful few days at the Labour Party conference. In the second of his conference diaries, Nick Plumb reflects on Labour's bold spending pledges for greening the economy and its solution to our struggling high streets.
We are seeking proposals from organisations with great ideas that will help to transform the sector, making it more resilient and sustainable for the long term.
Community business Covid-19 diaries give us a window in to how these diverse organisations and their communities coped and responded to the crisis.
Moving towards equity, how will we at Power to Change address the diversity, equity and inclusion recommendations from our latest report?
If government is serious about levelling up, it must put communities in the lead .
This new report explores why the government must abandon its centralised Westminster-led approach to ‘Levelling Up’ or risk failure from outset.
New research report launches five key commitments to support minoritised ethnic communities.