Repository: community hubs
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Thematic Paper: Assets & Community Businesses
Published: 2022
Community assets – buildings or land which are used for the social interest or wellbeing of the wider community – can be essential to a community business’ service delivery and financial sustainability, and can contribute to greater community empowerment and pride. Power to Change supported communit…
Rapid research COVID-19 Briefing #13: Community responses to COVID-19 – Community hubs as social infrastructure
Published: 2021
Community hubs, halls and centres are a core component of the ‘social infrastructure’ of places, and they have come into their own during the pandemic. They provide direct practical and emotional support for people, enable people to stay connected, and also have a symbolic significance for communities. This briefing examines the role they h…
Case Study: Star and Shadow Cinema
Published: 2021
Star and Shadow Cinema is a community hub in Newcastle upon Tyne set up in 2006. It has multiple facilities including a cinema, music venue, café, bar, meeting rooms, dark room and a community garden. It offers a unique space for grassroots community organisations, independent artists and members of the public to promote cultural ideas through…
Case Study: Windmill Hill City Farm
Published: 2021
Windmill Hill City Farm was set up in the 1970s and is an important community hub in south Bristol. In addition to a community farm, it has a café, day care nursery and outdoor play areas, and an education department to welcome school visits.
Community-managed libraries as community hubs
Published: 2020
The Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network conducted a small study into community managed libraries (CMLs) as community hubs. This report considers the wide range of services and activities currently offered by CMLs and looks at how well positioned CMLs are to turn themselves into community hubs. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and res…
Community hubs: Ten strategies for sustainability – Learning from the experience of Safe Regeneration – A community hub in the Liverpool city region
Published: 2020
# Preview | Download ORC-2020-02-Community hubs-ten strategies for sustainability.pdf2MB Author(s) Kerry Traynor Glenn Simpson Citation Traynor, K. and Simpson, G. (2020) Community hubs: Ten strategies for sustainability – Learning from the experience of Safe Regeneration – A community hub in
The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive
Published: 2020
# Preview | Download G-2020-01-The community hub handbook.pdf3MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2020) The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power
Katherine Low Settlement, Wandsworth
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Katherine Low Settlement Wandsworth.pdf807kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Katherine Low Settlement, Wandsworth. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: London
The Workspace, Wolverhampton
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-The Workspace Wolverhampton.pdf694kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) The Workspace, Wolverhampton. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: West Midlands
The Old School, Lover, Wiltshire
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-The Old School Lover Wiltshire.pdf577kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) The Old School, Lover, Wiltshire. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
St. John’s Place, Wiltshire
Published: 2019
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Rotunda, Liverpool
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Rotunda Liverpool.pdf662kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Rotunda, Liverpool. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: North West