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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications
Treating mental health in the community: A policy review
Published: 2017
How much do we know about the most effective ways for communities to support people with mental health problems? This paper reviews the quality of evidence available on the effectiveness of different community approaches to mental health. It looks at 48 reviews covering 827 primary experimental and non-experimental studies, published between 20…
We still haven’t found what we’re looking for: Uncharted investment in Charities, Social Enterprises and Community Businesses
Published: 2017
This report aims to help community businesses understand their finance options beyond banks and social investment, including opportunities presented through the local community, friends and family, local authorities and other public bodies. Community businesses may also find that the terms of finance available from such sources have relatively …
Empowered Communities in the 2020s: Feedback on the first 50 responses to the opening survey
Published: 2017
As part of the scoping stage for the ‘Empowered Communities in the 2020s’ project, we invited people interested in contributing to the research to complete a short survey asking how they would like to be involved; what they felt was most important to help communities become more empowered and vibrant; and for examples of where we might look for…
Researching the local politics and practices of radical Community Development Projects in 1970s Britain
Published: 2017
This article re-evaluates the British Community Development Project (CDP) of the 1970s. It sets the national Community Development Project in context, as an experimental programme of action-research in twelve ‘deprived’ areas, set up in response to the rediscovery of poverty in the late 1960s. It explains the rationale for revisit…
Facing Forward: How Small and Medium Charities can Adapt to Survive
Published: 2017
Facing Forward was written by Charlotte Ravenscroft, Evidential Consulting, and describes 10 trends to watch in a changing operating landscape with recommendations on how small charities should respond. With the impact of Brexit, economic uncertainty and growing pressures on local government adding uncertainty for the future of small charities,…
More than Grants
Published: 2017
This series of publications examine how grant-makers can use their influence as funders to strengthen the charity sector. These evaluations include Why Grant Makers Must Learn New Tricks, How Funders Can Support Grantee Effectiveness and How Funders Can Use Their Influence For Good.
Trusts and Foundations have long played a key role alongside …
People, places and health agencies: Lessons from Big Local residents
Published: 2016
Local Trust commissioned this research because health and wellbeing had been identified as a priority in many Big Local areas; and because the areas that were already working with health agencies said that this relationship was both rewarding and challenging.
The research addressed two questions:
Do Big Local areas and health agencies have …
A common interest: The role of asset transfer in developing the community business market
Published: 2016
The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned New Local Government Network in March 2016, to provide the most comprehensive possible mapping of asset transfers from local authorities to communities in recent years.
This report found steady progress in assets being transferred to communities over the past 5 years, and identified gaps in a…
A common interest: The role of asset transfer in developing the community business market
Published: 2016
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Alt Valley Community Trust
Published: 2016
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Bristol Community Land Trust
Published: 2016
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The community business market in 2016
Published: 2016
The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned Social Finance in July 2016 to provide an updated assessment of the state of the community business market. This follows ‘What if we ran it ourselves?’ and ‘The State of the Community Business Market’.
The report finds that the number of community businesses in England has grown by 5%…