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Levelling Up White Paper: Power to Change responds
Power to Change responds to the publication of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper.
House of Commons committee publishes high street recommendations for government
Power to Change responds to the House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee’s high streets report.
Fan Led Review of Football Governance publishes its recommendations
Power to Change responds to the Fan Led Review of Football Governance
How will COP26 encourage community climate action?
How will COP26 encourage community climate action? Will Walker, our climate action manager, blogs from COP26.
Older voters sceptical of Government’s 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.
Ten things we’ve learnt about volunteering
Power to Change recently commissioned a study on the value that volunteers contributed to community businesses. In this blog, Sarah Thelwall describes some of the findings that might be useful for community businesses.
Building financial capabilities
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
Community business Covid-19 diaries give us a window in to how these diverse organisations and their communities coped and responded to the crisis.
Diversity, equity and inclusion: where are we now?
Moving towards equity, how will we at Power to Change address the diversity, equity and inclusion recommendations from our latest report?
To level up, put communities in the lead
If government is serious about levelling up, it must put communities in the lead .
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.
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.
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 ownership key to survival of Britain’s High Streets
Local community access and ownership of key buildings on the UK’s thousands of high streets could be pivotal to their future survival according to a new report commissioned by independent trust Power to Change.
New £5million to help community business navigate pandemic
Power to Change, the independent trust that supports community businesses in England, is launching a new £5 million package of support to enable community businesses affected by the Covid-19 crisis to adapt, renew and rebuild their businesses so they can remain financially viable and best serve their local communities during the pandemic’s ‘new normal’.
Community businesses plan for expansion in wake of Covid-19 crisis
New report from Power to Change shows 55% of community businesses expect to open up new line of trading activity.