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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications from the Institute for Community Studies and other organisations.
Cuckmere Community Bus Ltd
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Cuckmere Community Bus.pdf309kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Cuckmere Community Bus Ltd. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South East
Community Shops: A better form of business – 2017
Published: 2017
This publication, funded by the Power to Change Research Institute, provides quantitative and qualitative information about the size, characteristics and performance of the community shop sector in the UK. It is based on statutory data sourced from the Financial Conduct Authority and Companies House; electronic questionnaires and follow up tele…
Co-operative Pubs: A better form of business – 2017
Published: 2017
This publication, funded by the Power to Change Research Institute, provides quantitative and qualitative information about the size, characteristics and performance of the co‑operative pub sector in the UK. It is based on statutory data sourced from the Financial Conduct Authority, electronic questionnaires, and follow up telephone surveys, …
Bristol Community Land Trust
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Bristol Community Land Trust.pdf840kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bristol Community Land Trust. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
Bishops Castle and District Community Land Trust
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Bishops Castle.pdf1MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bishops Castle and District Community Land Trust. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: West Midlands
Barnet Community Transport
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Barnet Community Transport.pdf651kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Barnet Community Transport. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: London
We still haven’t found what we’re looking for: Uncharted investment in Charities, Social Enterprises and Community Businesses
Published: 2017
This report aims to help community businesses understand their finance options beyond banks and social investment, including opportunities presented through the local community, friends and family, local authorities and other public bodies. Community businesses may also find that the terms of finance available from such sources have relatively …
Treating mental health in the community: A policy review
Published: 2017
How much do we know about the most effective ways for communities to support people with mental health problems? This paper reviews the quality of evidence available on the effectiveness of different community approaches to mental health. It looks at 48 reviews covering 827 primary experimental and non-experimental studies, published between 20…
Empowered Communities in the 2020s: Feedback on the first 50 responses to the opening survey
Published: 2017
As part of the scoping stage for the ‘Empowered Communities in the 2020s’ project, we invited people interested in contributing to the research to complete a short survey asking how they would like to be involved; what they felt was most important to help communities become more empowered and vibrant; and for examples of where we might look for…
Facing Forward: How Small and Medium Charities can Adapt to Survive
Published: 2017
Facing Forward was written by Charlotte Ravenscroft, Evidential Consulting, and describes 10 trends to watch in a changing operating landscape with recommendations on how small charities should respond. With the impact of Brexit, economic uncertainty and growing pressures on local government adding uncertainty for the future of small charities,…
Researching the local politics and practices of radical Community Development Projects in 1970s Britain
Published: 2017
This article re-evaluates the British Community Development Project (CDP) of the 1970s. It sets the national Community Development Project in context, as an experimental programme of action-research in twelve ‘deprived’ areas, set up in response to the rediscovery of poverty in the late 1960s. It explains the rationale for revisit…
People, places and health agencies: Lessons from Big Local residents
Published: 2016
Local Trust commissioned this research because health and wellbeing had been identified as a priority in many Big Local areas; and because the areas that were already working with health agencies said that this relationship was both rewarding and challenging.
The research addressed two questions:
Do Big Local areas and health agencies have …