Power to Change Annual Grantee Survey 2018


Published: 2019

This is the third in a regular series of annual reports on the experiences of Power to Change grantees. It is based on a survey of 450 organisations that received grant offers between January 2015 and May 2018. The survey was carried out in September 2018. The response rate was 33%, the same as in 2017. Overall, the survey concludes a strong an…

Front and Centre, Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth


Published: 2019

The report titled “Front and Centre, Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth” by Social Enterprise UK, has found that local councils are increasingly using procurement to drive higher economic growth. It calls on central government, local councils and other public bodies to do more to use social value and put it at the front a…

Five Years of Funder Plus


Published: 2019

Since 2014, Lloyds Bank Foundation has been on an
ambitious journey to offer additional developmental support to their grantees – “funder plus”. They have commissioned, funded and delivered support in partnership with over 100 independent local consultants and providers – piloting, evaluating and testing new ways of working.

This repor…

Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2019


Published: 2019

This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2019 report on the community business market. It provides more information on the technical details of estimating market size for individual sub-sectors, and for the market overall. There are two appendices and a bibliography in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative …

The Community Business Market in 2019


Published: 2019

This is Power to Change’s fifth annual report on the community business market in England. It uses a refined methodology and the most accurate data to describe the structure, size and shape of the community business market in 2019 and consider the outlook for the year ahead.

The Community Business Market in 2019 – Research Summary


Published: 2019

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The success guide to delivering services from a community space


Published: 2019

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Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019


Published: 2019

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Flipping the Coin: The two sides of Community Wealth in England


Published: 2019

The Young Foundation’s 2018 Patchwork Philanthropy report showed for the first time that not only is public sector spending unequally distributed geographically, but so too is philanthropic spend by charities, trusts and foundations. Some of the regions with the highest levels of deprivation receive some of the lowest levels of investment, re…

Power to Change – First Data Visualisation


Published: 2019

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Quick guide to common good land use: For potential common good land users


Published: 2019

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Achieving local economic change: what works?


Published: 2019

This research examines the impact of community-led partnerships in deprived areas and what makes these successful in achieving local economic change. The research team reviewed evidence from forty years of English regeneration initiatives and interviewed expert practitioners on what works. Local Trust commissioned the research from the Departme…

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