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All the latest stories, blogs and case studies from community businesses across the country, designed to inspire and inform.
The latest stories
for community organisations
Wigan & Leigh Community Charity, Wigan
Creating a movement in community organising in...
Wharton Trust, Hartlepool
Providing opportunities for Hartlepool to do things...
Wellspring Settlement, Bristol
An organisation evolving to meet the ever changing needs of their...
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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
Pollenize
Pollenize uses the power of community and science to fight against pollinator decline....
Banister House Solar
Residents of Banister House turned disillusion into the UK's largest community-owned solar energy project on social...
Huyton Juniors
Having successfully established a community football club for young people on disused parkland, Huyton Juniors then turned its attention to regenerating the space into a permanent community...
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