Electric car club in County Durham tackling rural isolation and environmental issues
All North East
Empowering Places was a unique five-year programme designed by Power to Change to explore ways in which ‘locally rooted’ anchor organisations, operating in areas of high deprivation, could be supported to ‘catalyse’ new community businesses. The programme hypothesised that this, in turn, would contribute to an overarching vision of more prosperous places, with more jobs and opportunities for local people.
Supporting community health outcomes and strengthening community cohesion.
Empowering people and enriching lives by providing activities and services to support health and wellbeing.
Saving the local high street and supporting local people.
A community nursery and garden centre training vulnerable young people.
A railway refurbishment over 40 years in the making.
Over the last year, Whitley Bay Big Local has changed how it has done many things. It’s organised itself differently. It’s changed how staff and members communicate.
Chilli Studios wants to get closer to its members, and it is implementing a series of digital innovations to help it do just that.
Providing opportunities for Hartlepool to do things differently.
A community hub pioneering social prescribing in Gateshead
A homegrown community café tackling poverty through education and training
Self-building a community cinema, music and arts hub in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Northumberland Seafood is a community lobster hatchery and seafood centre sustaining fishing heritage and trade in Amble, Northumberland.