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Participatory Action Research Toolkit: An Introduction to Using PAR as an Approach to Learning, Research and Action
Repository entry 1 June 2019
Participatory Action Research (PAR) is collaborative research, education and action used to gather information to use for change on social or environmental issues. It involves people who are concerned about or affected by an issue taking a leading role in producing and using knowledge about it.
Many names are now used to describe research proc…
Front and Centre, Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth
Repository entry 1 May 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…
New Perspectives on Housing
Publication 25 April 2019
This report sets out the five housing challenges that we put under the microscope as part of the New Perspectives project. We explored these challenges at our housing event in London on 24th April 2019. As part of the event we
Beyond Meritocracy: The Anthology
Publication 26 March 2019
Beyond Meritocracy: The Anthology contains a series of essays and creative responses to the question: ‘What lies beyond Meritocracy? What might be the equation for the 21st century?’ The Anthology coincides with the 60th Anniversary of our founder, Michael Young’s seminal
Getting by in Barcelona: A portrait of life before basic income
Publication 12 March 2019
This report explores the lives and experiences of the residents in three neighbourhoods of Eix Besos in North-Eastern Barcelona. Since December 2017 these communities have been part of a radical experiment to tackle urban poverty and social exclusion in the
Community Business Fund evaluation – Interim Report
Repository entry 1 March 2019
Power to Change commissioned Renaisi in October 2016 to evaluate the Community Business Fund. This is the first interim evaluation of the programme. The Community Business Fund is aimed at community businesses who need funding for a business development project that will make them more sustainable, making grant awards of between £50,000 and £…
Growth, sustainability and purpose in the community business market in the Liverpool City Region
Repository entry 1 March 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-03-Growth sustainability and purpose in the community business market in Liverpool City Region.pdf3MB Author(s) Helen Heap Vicky Nowak Ellen Schwaller Alan Southern Matt Thompson Citation Heap, H., Nowak, V., Schwaller, E., Southern, A. and Thompson, M.
Five Years of Funder Plus
Repository entry 1 March 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…
Community business and anchor institutions
Repository entry 1 February 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-02-Community business and anchor institutions.pdf2MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Community business and anchor institutions. Research Report. Power to Change. Details Report type: Research Report Publisher: Power to Change Location: England
Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2018
Repository entry 1 February 2019
This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2018 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 three appendices in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative methods adopted i…
Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care
Repository entry 1 February 2019
This systematic review looks to identify what evidence exists in relation to the impact of community business-related approaches to health and social care on its users. In particular, the report asks how effective community businesses are in delivering outcomes for their users.
Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care – Research Summary
Repository entry 1 February 2019
# Preview | Download RI-20S-Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care.pdf148kB Author(s) Stuart McClean Sanda Ismail Jane Powell Mat Jones Richard Kimberlee Emma Bird Pauline Shaw Citation McClean, S., Ismail, S., Powell, J., Jones, M.,
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