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The role of community businesses in providing health and wellbeing services: Challenges, opportunities and support needs – Five case studies

Repository entry 1 July 2018

# Preview | Download ORC-2018-07-CS-The role of community businesses in providing health and wellbeing services.pdf787kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) The role of community businesses in providing health and wellbeing services: Challenges, opportunities and support needs – Five case studies.

Understanding community asset transfer: A guide for community organisations

Repository entry 1 July 2018

# Preview | Download G-2018-07-Understanding community asset transfer – A guide for community organisations.pdf565kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) Understanding community asset transfer: A guide for community organisations. Practice Guide. Locality. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Locality Location: England

Community business in England: Learning from the Power to Change Research Institute 2016-17

Repository entry 1 June 2018

This report is a summary of the evidence generated in the first two years of the Research Institute, drawing together the findings of 23 publications in an accessible format.

Community business in England: Learning from the Power to Change Research Institute 2016-17 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 June 2018

# Preview | Download RI-17S-Compendium-Community business in England-2016-17.pdf102kB Author(s) Ailbhe McNabola Suzanne Perry Richard Harries Citation McNabola, A., Perry, S. and Harries, R. (2018) Community business in England: Learning from the Power to Change Research Institute 2016-17 – Research Summary.

Cultivating diversity: A toolkit to establish BME-led community business

Repository entry 1 June 2018

# Preview | Download G-2018-07-Cultivating diversity.pdf1MB Author(s) Jeff Scales Citation Scales, J. (2018) Cultivating diversity: A toolkit to establish BME-led community business. Practice Guide. The Ubele Initiative. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: The Ubele Initiative Location: England

Delivering a community-led housing enabling hub service: experience and lessons from existing practice

Repository entry 1 June 2018

Community-led housing (CLH) as a growing activity in England which is hindered by barriers such as access to support as well as access to affordable land, capital finance and retail mortgages. This working paper was written for Power to Change to understand what support already exists to assist CLH groups meet their local housing needs, and wha…

Investing in Localism: How Local Authorities Can Provide Good Finance For Community Business

Repository entry 1 June 2018

Last year, Power to Change published Uncharted Investment, a research working paper that explored the sources of finance for community business. That work pointed towards a number of unexpected or previously underestimated sources, including lease finance, crowdfunding, equity finance – even credit cards and bank account overdrafts featured a…

The community business success guide to cafés

Repository entry 1 June 2018

# Preview | Download G-2018-06-The community business success guide to cafes.pdf1MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) The community business success guide to cafés. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power to Change Location: England

The community business success guide to lettings

Repository entry 1 June 2018

# Preview | Download G-2018-06-The community business success guide to lettings.pdf643kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) The community business success guide to lettings. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power to Change Location: England

The Future of Community Business – A Draft Vision for 2030

Repository entry 1 June 2018

# Preview | Download TPR-2018-06-The Future of Community Business – A Draft Vision for 2030.pdf192kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2018) The Future of Community Business – A Draft Vision for 2030. Working Paper. Forum for the Future. Details Report type:

Join the Conversation: A collection of simple ideas for planning social action in your community

Publication 8 May 2018

This handbook contains a collection of prompts, ideas and frameworks to help you think about opportunities for social action in your community. It aims to help you explore and discuss the things you love about the place you live, as

Commissioning Futures: A Guide for Schools

Publication 4 May 2018

A good-practice guide to support schools to more effectively commission innovative services, especially those that aim to tackle educational inequality.

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