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

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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

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The success guide to delivering services from a community space


Published: 2019

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Common good land use in England: State of the sector report 2019


Published: 2019

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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

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Quick guide to common good land use: For potential common good land users


Published: 2019

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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…

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