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Understanding community life at a hyperlocal level
Power to Change commissioned Kantar to conduct a ‘hyperlocal’ version of the Community Life Survey, focused on six places in England participating in the Empowering Places programme. This blog outlines some initial findings on the relative impact of our...
Why now is the time for a High Street Buyout Fund
Power to Change’s Nick Plumb outlines why community ownership on the high street is essential to their...
How funders can support community business asset ownership
Asset ownership can have an impact on community businesses and the people they work with. We look at good practices for funders looking to support community businesses with asset acquisition and management....
Recognising the value of community organising
What is community organising? And what potential does it have to tackle local issues? Bonnie Hewson...
Diversity, equity and inclusion update
Laying out our diversity, equity and inclusion plans for the future, and our achievements so...
It's vital that levelling up delivers for communities
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...
Climate action support for community businesses
Supporting community businesses to make a real difference in the shift to a fairer, greener...
Measuring the impact of community businesses at a neighbourhood level
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...
A new era for place-based funding?
Rachel Laurence reflects on how one organisation, BD Giving, navigated the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and what this tells us about the future of place-based...
How can community businesses thrive and be sustainable?
A review of Bright Ideas, Trade Up, and Community Business Fund, Power to Change programmes focused on community businesses growth, early-stage support, advisory for growing income, and capital investment...
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FROM OUR LATEST CASE STUDIES
Hip Hop Heals
A Birmingham-based organisation that bridges the gap between hip hop and therapy....
Giroscope
Founded by a group of young radicals in Hull in the 1980s, Giroscope’s self-help housing is regenerating the neighbourhood with a new generation of young...
BlueJam Arts
BlueJam Arts is a dynamic hub for intergenerational music and arts in rural Cumbria which puts young people in the lead of its programmes and operations, and their own creative...
Bristol Co-operative Gym
Accessible, affordable, and inclusive, Bristol Co-operative Gym is founded by millennials, run by its members, and designed to strengthen everyone in the...
Coexist Community Kitchen
Coexist Community Kitchen offers a vibrant, welcoming space in central Bristol for people of all ages to find dignity and confidence through cooking....
Sister Midnight
The young women on a mission to establish Lewisham’s first community owned live music...
People Dem Collective
From a living room meet up to plans to take over a five-story building, People Dem Collective are proudly taking up space in...
Friends of the Joiners Arms
A strong community standing up to save threatened LGBTQ+ spaces in Tower Hamlets,...
Future Yard
A brand new community venue in one of the country’s most deprived wards exists as a template for how contemporary music venues can be run while proudly proclaiming: The Future is...
Wigan Warriors Community Foundation
From hosting free rugby camps to thousands of children every year to offering disability teams, this foundation is aiming to serve everyone in its...
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