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Halifax Opportunities Trust

Repository entry 1 June 2021

The aims of Halifax Opportunities Trust (HOT) span from relieving poverty and unemployment to promoting community safety and improving health and wellbeing. They are practically addressed by services which help people to find new or better jobs, learn new skills, start or grow businesses and help raise their families.

Likewise

Repository entry 1 June 2021

Likewise has a 30-year history of working alongside people from all backgrounds and circumstances to support community wellbeing and help individuals navigate life. Likewise provides support and care to those living with mental ill-health, social isolation and homelessness. It is constantly working on building an inclusive community that is abo…

Windmill Hill City Farm

Repository entry 1 June 2021

Windmill Hill City Farm was founded more than 40 years ago as the first city farm outside London. It aims to promote environmental education and addresses disadvantage by providing a green, recreational space in the heart of Bristol. The organisation has grown over time and now provides a children’s nursery, wellbeing- related activities with…

Together We Plan!

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This handbook offers useful approaches to support Big Local partnerships develop and plan their work during the COVID-19 crisis and future uncertainty.

You can find more reports written or commissioned by Local Trust here.

Relationship Makers Impact Review: Supporting a cohort of Community Businesses

Repository entry 1 December 2020

In 2020, members of our Empowering Places programme joined The Relationships Project for their first Relationship Makers training programme. Over 8 weeks, participants mapped their relationships, diagnosing areas to prioritise and developed action plans to take forward. This report captures the programme and process of the training programme.

The digital toolkit for communities

Repository entry 1 December 2020

Working and collaborating remotely using digital tools is becoming much more commonplace. For many, this means developing new skills. However, working online doesn’t need to be difficult, and is a great way to bring people together when you can’t meet in person. In fact, it can make things easier and remove barriers to participation.

This …

The good councillor’s guide to community business

Repository entry 1 December 2020

# Preview | Download G-2020-12-The good councillors guide to community business.pdf979kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2020) The good councillor’s guide to community business. Practice Guide. National Association of Local Councils. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: National Association of Local

A short guide to community business: What they are and how they make places better

Repository entry 1 November 2020

# Preview | Download G-2020-11-A short guide to community business.pdf3MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2020) A short guide to community business: What they are and how they make places better. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide

The Green Book: Annex A2 – Place Based Analysis

Repository entry 1 November 2020

The Green Book is guidance issued by HM Treasury on how to appraise policies, programmes and projects. It also provides guidance on the design and use of monitoring and evaluation before, during and after implementation. Appraisal of alternative policy options is an inseparable part of detailed policy development and design. This guidance conce…

Working with your MP

Repository entry 1 November 2020

Across the country, Big Local partnerships offer insight into how communities can engage with their MPs.We know many have a good relationship with their local MP, but nearly half haven’t engaged with theirs at all.

This toolkit gives an overview of some of the ways that you can engage with your local MP and provides real life examples of how…

Community Pubs: A better form of business – 2020

Repository entry 1 October 2020

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 2019: The community pub sector grew by 19% with 19 new pubs opening during the year 119 known community pubs in total were trading across the UK at the end of 2…

Community Shops: A better form of business – 2020

Repository entry 1 October 2020

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 2019: 12 new shops opened 372 community shops were trading in the UK by the end of the year The total share capital raised from their communities by newly open…