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Achieving local economic change: what works?

Repository entry 1 October 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…

Achieving local economic change: what works? Executive Summary

Repository entry 1 October 2019

Since the late 1980s, successive governments have sought to include local stakeholders in the delivery of regeneration funding. Communities have been invited to decide boundaries, lead local partnerships and determine the type, scale and duration of area- based initiatives.This research examines the impact of these community-led partnerships in…

Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities

Repository entry 1 October 2019

# Preview | Download ORC-2019-10-Building an inclusive economy through community business.pdf7MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities. Research Report. Centre

Community Pubs: A better form of business – 2019

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This state of the sector report from the Plunkett Foundation, funded by Power to Change, shows community pubs thriving and making a significant contribution to community development. In 2018: The community pub sector grew by 13% with 11 new pubs opening during the year 95 known community pubs in total were trading across the UK at the end of 20…

Community Shops: A better form of business – 2019

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This state of the sector report from the Plunkett Foundation, funded by Power to Change, shows community shops thriving and making a significant contribution to community development. In 2018: 16 new shops opened 363 community shops were trading in the UK by the end of the year £541,000 total share capital was raised from their communities by …

Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This review of the existing academic and grey literature on the relationship between community-led housing and health was commissioned by Power to Change in Spring 2019. Academics from the University of the West off England used Barton and Grant’s ‘health map’ framework to ensure the review considered a range of conditions that impact on …

Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 October 2019

# Preview | Download RI-23S-Community-led housing and health.pdf234kB Author(s) Katie McClymont Emma Griffin Laurence Carmichael Rachael Marsh Citation McClymont, K., Griffin, E., Carmichael, L. and Marsh, R. (2019) Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary. Research

Support for community businesses in Liverpool City Region

Repository entry 1 October 2019

Community businesses care about value for money, flexibility and the quality of support, along with the guidance to assist them along the way both in finding the support and in accessing what is available. Community businesses also clearly stated that they would like funders and social investors to work in collaboration with each other more in …

The community business success guide to contracted and commissioned services

Repository entry 1 October 2019

# Preview | Download G-2019-10-The community business success guide to contracted and commissioned services.pdf687kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) The community business success guide to contracted and commissioned services. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher:

A guide to local government for community businesses

Repository entry 1 September 2019

# Preview | Download G-2019-09-A guide to local government for community businesses.pdf1MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) A guide to local government for community businesses. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power to Change Location:

Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level – A baseline study

Repository entry 1 September 2019

Power to Change’s latest piece of research sets a starting line from which we can measure the social impact of community businesses on their local communities. The report was researched and written by Kantar Public. It is based on a hyperlocal version of the national Community Life Survey, an annual nationally-representative survey that provi…

Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level – A baseline study – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 September 2019

# Preview | Download RI-22S-Empowering Places-Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level.pdf827kB Author(s) Steven Coutinho Rebecca Hamlyn Alice Fitzpatrick Joel Williams Richard Crawshaw Citation Coutinho, S., Hamlyn, R., Fitzpatrick, A., Williams, J. and Crawshaw, R. (2019) Empowering Places?