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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications
The community asset transfer of libraries: Considerations in community managed libraries taking a lease.
Published: 2020
Since April 2011, at least 576 libraries have been transferred to being run entirely by volunteers for some of the time. This report by Sheffield University Management School and Newcastle Business School examines the community asset transfer process whereby library services are taken into community ownership and the impact on libraries’ long…
The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive
Published: 2020
# Preview | Download G-2020-01-The community hub handbook.pdf3MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2020) The community hub handbook: How to run a successful hub and make your neighbourhood thrive. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power
Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2019
Published: 2019
This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2019 report on the community business market. It provides more information on the technical details of estimating market size for individual sub-sectors, and for the market overall. There are two appendices and a bibliography in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative …
The Community Business Market in 2019
Published: 2019
This is Power to Change’s fifth annual report on the community business market in England. It uses a refined methodology and the most accurate data to describe the structure, size and shape of the community business market in 2019 and consider the outlook for the year ahead.
The Community Business Market in 2019 – Research Summary
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-24S-The Community Business Market in 2019.pdf229kB Author(s) John Higton Rachael Archer Rebecca Steer Irshad Mulla Amelia Hicklin Citation Higton, J., Archer, R., Steer, R., Mulla, I. and Hicklin, A. (2019) The Community Business Market in 2019
The success guide to delivering services from a community space
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download G-2019-12-The success guide to delivering services from a community space.pdf600kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) The success guide to delivering services from a community space. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher:
Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-11-Common good land use in England.pdf4MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019. Research Report. Shared Assets. Details Report type: Research Report Publisher: Shared Assets Location:
Flipping the Coin: The two sides of Community Wealth in England
Published: 2019
The Young Foundation’s 2018 Patchwork Philanthropy report showed for the first time that not only is public sector spending unequally distributed geographically, but so too is philanthropic spend by charities, trusts and foundations. Some of the regions with the highest levels of deprivation receive some of the lowest levels of investment, re…
Power to Change – First Data Visualisation
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ER-2019-11-First Data Visualisation.pdf1MB Citation UNSPECIFIED (2019) Power to Change – First Data Visualisation. Evaluation Report. Renaisi. Details Report type: Evaluation Report Publisher: Renaisi Location: England
Quick guide to common good land use: For potential common good land users
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download G-2019-11-Quick guide to common good land use.pdf597kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Quick guide to common good land use: For potential common good land users. Practice Guide. Shared Assets. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Shared
Achieving local economic change: what works?
Published: 2019
This research examines the impact of community-led partnerships in deprived areas and what makes these successful in achieving local economic change. The research team reviewed evidence from forty years of English regeneration initiatives and interviewed expert practitioners on what works. Local Trust commissioned the research from the Departme…
Achieving local economic change: what works? Executive Summary
Published: 2019
Since the late 1980s, successive governments have sought to include local stakeholders in the delivery of regeneration funding. Communities have been invited to decide boundaries, lead local partnerships and determine the type, scale and duration of area- based initiatives.This research examines the impact of these community-led partnerships in…