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Community business and the foundational economy
Published: 2021
This report looks at the role of community businesses which exist within the foundational economy (the range of goods and services that ensure places can function, and enables people in those places to thrive). With a focus on four places (Grimsby, Leeds, Leicester and Plymouth) this research offers insight into the democratising, empower…
Delivering the community led housing pipeline in England
Published: 2021
This report examines the financial requirements of community led housing projects in England and explores how these can be met. It quantifies the required amount of funding and finance and assesses whether current provision is sufficient.
Power to Change and blended finance
Published: 2021
The social investment market in the UK is growing rapidly, with transaction values rising from £165 million to £1.1 billion over the last ten years. Power to Change sees social investment as being a key funding approach to develop the community business market. Working through the Key Fund and Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) they have i…
Rapid research COVID-19 Briefing #14: Community responses to COVID-19 – Sustaining community action
Published: 2021
There is a growing body of evidence on how communities have responded to COVID-19, highlighting an early surge in community action and the subsequent power of communities to meet the needs of residents during crises. More recently, however, as the pandemic has continued longer than anyone imagined, there is increasing evidence pointing towards …
Valuing the contribution of volunteers to community businesses supported by the Community Business Fund
Published: 2021
This research seeks to understand the value of volunteers to community businesses supported by the Power to Change Community Business Fund (CBF). To do this, the report looks at:
the types of roles that volunteers fulfil;
why community businesses decide to engage with volunteers and why some roles are fulfilled by volunteers;
the type…
Volunteering in community business: meaning, practice and management
Published: 2021
This report attempts to fill in some of the gaps in understanding what volunteering means in practice in a community business context. Through a wide-ranging qualitative study, researchers from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research explore how volunteering is conceptualised and managed, the role and influ…
Catalyst Profile: Abram Ward Community Cooperative, Wigan
Published: 2021
# Preview | Download ptc_area_profile_wigan_v3.pdf457kB Author(s) Lily O’Flynn Naomi Jones Waseem Meghjee Citation O’Flynn, L., Jones, N. and Meghjee, W. (2021) Catalyst Profile: Abram Ward Community Cooperative, Wigan. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power
Catalyst Profile: B-Inspired, Leicester
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Centre4, Grimsby
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Made in Manningham, Bradford
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Real Ideas, Plymouth
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: The Wharton Trust, Hartlepool
Published: 2021
# Preview | Download ptc_area_profile_hartlepool_v3.pdf715kB Author(s) Lily O’Flynn Naomi Jones Waseem Meghjee Citation O’Flynn, L., Jones, N. and Meghjee, W. (2021) Catalyst Profile: The Wharton Trust, Hartlepool. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to