Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary


Published: 2019

# Preview | Download RI-23S-Community-led housing and health.pdf234kB Author(s) Katie McClymont Emma Griffin Laurence Carmichael Rachael Marsh Citation McClymont, K., Griffin, E., Carmichael, L. and Marsh, R. (2019) Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary. Research

Support for community businesses in Liverpool City Region


Published: 2019

Community businesses care about value for money, flexibility and the quality of support, along with the guidance to assist them along the way both in finding the support and in accessing what is available. Community businesses also clearly stated that they would like funders and social investors to work in collaboration with each other more in …

The community business success guide to contracted and commissioned services


Published: 2019

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A guide to local government for community businesses


Published: 2019

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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…

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?

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…

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.

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…

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

Ashton Keynes Village Shop, Wiltshire


Published: 2019

# Preview | Download RI-21-CS-Ashton Keynes Village Shop Wiltshire.pdf679kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Ashton Keynes Village Shop, Wiltshire. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West

Belchford Co-op, Lincolnshire


Published: 2019

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