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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications
New Wortley Community Association
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-New Wortley Community Association.pdf844kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) New Wortley Community Association. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: Yorkshire and the Humber
Pennine Community Power
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Pennine Community Power.pdf482kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Pennine Community Power. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: Yorkshire and the Humber
Review of the Urban Community Land Trusts Project: Survey Report
Published: 2017
In 2014, the National Community Land Trust Network launched the Urban Community Land Trusts (CLT) Project, aimed at supporting the expansion of CLTs in urban areas. The project provided 19 participating CLTs with grants of £10,000, giving them the flexibility to determine how best to spend it in accordance with local priorities. The proje…
Sheffield Renewables
Published: 2017
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Sutton Community Farm
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-Sutton Community Farm.pdf948kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Sutton Community Farm. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: London
The Bristol Cable
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-10-CS-The Bristol Cable.pdf316kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) The Bristol Cable. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
The community business success guide to room hire
Published: 2017
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Empowered Communities in the 2020s
Published: 2017
This research looks at the current and future value of community engagement in the UK. Funded by the Community Development Foundation legacy money and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this research will inform Local Trust’s future work on community empowerment.
The impact of community business on local communities: A feasibility study to test new measures based on the Community Life Survey
Published: 2017
This research tested a new way of measuring the social impact of community businesses on their local community, through a ‘hyperlocal’ version of the Community Life Survey in six pilot areas with strong community businesses.
The Community Life Survey (CLS) has been carried out annually by Kantar Public since 2012-13 on behalf of the Office…
The impact of community business on local communities: A feasibility study to test new measures based on the Community Life Survey – Research Summary
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-09S-The impact of community business on local communities.pdf287kB Author(s) Deborah Willis Steven Coutinho Alice Fitzpatrick Joel Williams Citation Willis, D., Coutinho, S., Fitzpatrick, A. and Williams, J. (2017) The impact of community business on local communities:
Neighbourhood economic models
Published: 2017
At the end of 2016, the Bank of England’s Chief Economist warned that regional inequality was ‘among the most important issues that we face today as a country’. Then as now, local economies in different parts of the UK were growing at an uneven rate, and some were simply not growing at all. Here at Power to Change we want to understand th…
Community business and the Social Value Act
Published: 2017
The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned two independent researchers to undertake research to explore views of the Social Value Act among community businesses in early 2017. The Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force in January 2013. The Act requires commissioners of public services in England and Wales to consider the so…