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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.
Rapid research COVID-19 Briefing #13: Community responses to COVID-19 – Community hubs as social infrastructure
Published: 2021
Community hubs, halls and centres are a core component of the ‘social infrastructure’ of places, and they have come into their own during the pandemic. They provide direct practical and emotional support for people, enable people to stay connected, and also have a symbolic significance for communities. This briefing examines the role they h…
Minoritised Ethnic Community and Social Enterprises
Published: 2021
Access – The Foundation for Social Investment (Access), The Social Investment Business (SIB) and Power to Change (collectively – the partners) wished to collectively improve their understanding of how well they currently serve the needs of minoritised ethnic communities, specifically relating to the provision of enterprise develop…
Left Behind Survey
Published: 2021
Conducted by Survation on behalf of Local Trust.
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Enablers and barriers to delivering place-based change through the Empowering Places programme
Published: 2021
The Empowering Places programme funds locally rooted ‘catalyst’ organisations in six places, over five years to empower communities to develop community businesses. Through the development of new community businesses, the programme aims to provide benefits and opportunities to local people and create more resilient places.
The programme, d…
Empowering Places: The programme model and emerging impact
Published: 2021
The Empowering Places programme funds locally rooted ‘catalyst’ organisations in six places, over five years to empower communities to develop community businesses. Through the development of new community businesses, the programme aims to provide benefits and opportunities to local people and create more resilient places.
The program…
Coordinating community business infrastructure
Published: 2021
As part of the ongoing evaluation of Power to Change’s market development work, this paper examines the strategic relationships between Power to Change and infrastructure bodies which support and represent community businesses. The work was completed by Rob MacMillan at the Centre for Regional Economic Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hal…
Catalyst Profile: The Wharton Trust, Hartlepool
Published: 2021
# Preview | Download ptc_area_profile_hartlepool_v3.pdf715kB Author(s) Lily O’Flynn Naomi Jones Waseem Meghjee Citation O’Flynn, L., Jones, N. and Meghjee, W. (2021) Catalyst Profile: The Wharton Trust, Hartlepool. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to
Catalyst Profile: Real Ideas, Plymouth
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Made in Manningham, Bradford
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Centre4, Grimsby
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: B-Inspired, Leicester
Published: 2021
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Catalyst Profile: Abram Ward Community Cooperative, Wigan
Published: 2021
# Preview | Download ptc_area_profile_wigan_v3.pdf457kB Author(s) Lily O’Flynn Naomi Jones Waseem Meghjee Citation O’Flynn, L., Jones, N. and Meghjee, W. (2021) Catalyst Profile: Abram Ward Community Cooperative, Wigan. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power