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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.
Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review
Published: 2019
This review of the existing academic and grey literature on the relationship between community-led housing and health was commissioned by Power to Change in Spring 2019. Academics from the University of the West off England used Barton and Grant’s ‘health map’ framework to ensure the review considered a range of conditions that impact on …
Community Shops: A better form of business – 2019
Published: 2019
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 2018: 16 new shops opened 363 community shops were trading in the UK by the end of the year £541,000 total share capital was raised from their communities by …
Community Pubs: A better form of business – 2019
Published: 2019
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 2018: The community pub sector grew by 13% with 11 new pubs opening during the year 95 known community pubs in total were trading across the UK at the end of 20…
Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-10-Building an inclusive economy through community business.pdf7MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities. Research Report. Centre
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…
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…
Striking a balance: A study of how community businesses in Bradford, Hartlepool and Middlesborough build working relationships with the public, private and third sector
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-09-Striking a balance.pdf1MB Author(s) Tony Chapman Tanya Gray Citation Chapman, T. and Gray, T. (2019) Striking a balance: A study of how community businesses in Bradford, Hartlepool and Middlesborough build working relationships with the public, private
More Than a Pub programme evaluation – Interim Report
Published: 2019
The main aims of the evaluation were to develop a better understanding of the economic, social and environmental impacts of community controlled pubs, and to identify the key conditions for success of community owned pubs. The evaluation was developmental, designed to respond to the evolving needs and interests of both the More than a Pub progr…
Left behind? Understanding communities on the edge: Executive summary
Published: 2019
The research described in this report was commissioned by Local Trust from Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion. It was designed to explore the impact a lack of civic assets has in deprived communities across England.
You can find more reports written or commissioned by Local Trust here.
Left behind? Understanding communities on the edge
Published: 2019
The research described in this report was commissioned by Local Trust from OCSI. It suggests that a lack of places to meet (whether community centres, pubs or village halls); the absence of an engaged and active community; and poor connectivity to the wider economy – physical and digital – make a significant difference to social and economi…
Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level – A baseline study – Research Summary
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-22S-Empowering Places-Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level.pdf827kB Author(s) Steven Coutinho Rebecca Hamlyn Alice Fitzpatrick Joel Williams Richard Crawshaw Citation Coutinho, S., Hamlyn, R., Fitzpatrick, A., Williams, J. and Crawshaw, R. (2019) Empowering Places?
Empowering Places? Measuring the impact of community businesses at neighbourhood level – A baseline study
Published: 2019
Power to Change’s latest piece of research sets a starting line from which we can measure the social impact of community businesses on their local communities. The report was researched and written by Kantar Public. It is based on a hyperlocal version of the national Community Life Survey, an annual nationally-representative survey that provi…