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How is EU employment policy driving social innovation?

Publication 22 December 2017

This report explores the characteristics of EU-supported employment social innovations, and asks how the EU is driving these.

Stories of Inequality and Action

Publication 20 December 2017

This report covers some highlights of our work from 2014-2017, when we made a strategic decision to focus on inequalities and direct all our work to challenging it.

The Young Academy Impact Report

Publication 13 December 2017

The Young Foundation is delighted to launch the first impact report for the Young Academy, our innovation and investment programme for social ventures working to reduce educational inequality. The report tells the story of the Young Academy since its launch

“Let’s talk about parks” – conversation club resource

Publication 5 December 2017

Parks have a special place in the modern urban landscape as they are publicly owned, free to use and exist simply for our enjoyment, regardless of our background or social background. Spending time outdoors provides respite from the stresses of

#refugeeswelcome in parks: a resource book

Publication 4 December 2017

Do you work directly with refugees and asylum seekers? This resource book will share information on how the use of public space can help to facilitate wellbeing and inclusion, and offers ideas for supporting positive experiences. Are you involved in

Identifying Community Businesses in National Datasets

Repository entry 1 December 2017

Community businesses are small businesses, although they have many distinctive features that differentiate them from small private businesses. A core research question for Power to Change is around the definition and understanding of community business – how big is the community business market in England, how does it break down across indust…

Power to Change Annual Grantee Survey 2017

Repository entry 1 December 2017

This is the second in a regular series of annual reports on the experiences of Power to Change grantees. It is based on a survey of all 331 organisations that received grant offers between January 2015 and August 2017. The survey was carried out between 21st September and 31st October 2017. The response rate was 33%. Overall, the survey conclud…

Supporting analysis of the community business market in 2017

Repository entry 1 December 2017

This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2017 report on the community business market. It provides more detail 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 on the…

The community business market in 2017

Repository entry 1 December 2017

Each year, the Power to Change Research Institute commissions research to estimate the size and shape of the community business sector in England.

This year’s report considers the structure, size and shape of the community business market in England in 2017 and considers the outlook for the year ahead. The report follows on from those of 201…

The community business market in 2017 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 December 2017

# Preview | Download RI-11S-The Community Business Market in 2017.pdf237kB Author(s) Abigail Diamond Tim Vorley Oliver Mallett John Higton Sophie Spong Andrew Corley Irshad Mulla Citation Diamond, A., Vorley, T., Mallett, O., Higton, J., Spong, S., Corley, A. and Mulla,

The Economics of Community Asset Transfers: An Economic Framework to define and measure Social Value in Community Asset Transfers

Repository entry 1 December 2017

A common feature across community businesses in different sectors is for their business model to be heavily reliant on and/or driven by Community Asset Transfers (CATs). A CAT is the transfer of the ownership and/or management of an asset from its public-sector owner (usually a local authority) to a community organisation for less than market v…

More than Grants

Repository entry 1 December 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 …