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Factors that contribute to community business success

Repository entry 1 March 2018

This report by SERIO research centre at the University of Plymouth explores ‘what works’ for community businesses in three sectors; health and wellbeing, sports and leisure and community hubs. It includes findings from a desk based review of evidence, analyses of an online survey and financial sustainability and 15 case studies. In addition…

Factors that contribute to community business success – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 March 2018

# Preview | Download RI-13S-Factors that contribute to community business success.pdf395kB Author(s) Lee Richards Donna Vascott Claudia Blandon Lorna Manger Citation Richards, L., Vascott, D., Blandon, C. and Manger, L. (2018) Factors that contribute to community business success – Research

What works: Successful community hubs

Repository entry 1 March 2018

This short report takes a look at the enablers to success for community hubs. It is part of a series of reports into ‘what works’ for community hubs, sports and leisure and health and wellbeing sectors. It was produced by SERIO, an applied research institute at the University of Plymouth. For community hubs, to be financially sustainable de…

What works: Successful health and wellbeing community businesses

Repository entry 1 March 2018

This short report takes a look at the enablers to success for community businesses in the health and wellbeing sector. It is part of a series of reports into ‘what works’ for community hubs and sports and leisure and health and wellbeing community businesses. It was produced by SERIO, an applied research institute at the University of Plymo…

What works: Successful sport and leisure community businesses

Repository entry 1 March 2018

This short report takes a look at the enablers to success for community businesses in the sports and leisure sector. It is part of a series of reports into ‘what works’ for community hubs and community businesses in the sports and leisure and health and wellbeing sectors. It was produced by SERIO, an applied research institute at the Univer…

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