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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications
The community business success guide to room hire
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download G-2017-10-The community business success guide to room hire.pdf1MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) The community business success guide to room hire. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: Power to Change Location:
Empowered Communities in the 2020s
Published: 2017
This research looks at the current and future value of community engagement in the UK. Funded by the Community Development Foundation legacy money and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this research will inform Local Trust’s future work on community empowerment.
The impact of community business on local communities: A feasibility study to test new measures based on the Community Life Survey
Published: 2017
This research tested a new way of measuring the social impact of community businesses on their local community, through a ‘hyperlocal’ version of the Community Life Survey in six pilot areas with strong community businesses.
The Community Life Survey (CLS) has been carried out annually by Kantar Public since 2012-13 on behalf of the Office…
The impact of community business on local communities: A feasibility study to test new measures based on the Community Life Survey – Research Summary
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-09S-The impact of community business on local communities.pdf287kB Author(s) Deborah Willis Steven Coutinho Alice Fitzpatrick Joel Williams Citation Willis, D., Coutinho, S., Fitzpatrick, A. and Williams, J. (2017) The impact of community business on local communities:
Neighbourhood economic models
Published: 2017
At the end of 2016, the Bank of England’s Chief Economist warned that regional inequality was ‘among the most important issues that we face today as a country’. Then as now, local economies in different parts of the UK were growing at an uneven rate, and some were simply not growing at all. Here at Power to Change we want to understand th…
Community business and the Social Value Act
Published: 2017
The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned two independent researchers to undertake research to explore views of the Social Value Act among community businesses in early 2017. The Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force in January 2013. The Act requires commissioners of public services in England and Wales to consider the so…
Data for the community: Taking a look at how data assets are being used at a local level
Published: 2017
Outside government, there have been initiatives for the publication and use of data assets in the third sector and within local community groups. These initiatives have generally seen a limited scope, as they were centred around a single initiative or project; sometimes they used Open Data, but other times they created their own, new data. This…
Barnet Community Transport
Published: 2017
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Bishops Castle and District Community Land Trust
Published: 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Bishops Castle.pdf1MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bishops Castle and District Community Land Trust. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: West Midlands
Bristol Community Land Trust
Published: 2017
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Co-operative Pubs: A better form of business – 2017
Published: 2017
This publication, funded by the Power to Change Research Institute, provides quantitative and qualitative information about the size, characteristics and performance of the co‑operative pub sector in the UK. It is based on statutory data sourced from the Financial Conduct Authority, electronic questionnaires, and follow up telephone surveys, …
Community Shops: A better form of business – 2017
Published: 2017
This publication, funded by the Power to Change Research Institute, provides quantitative and qualitative information about the size, characteristics and performance of the community shop sector in the UK. It is based on statutory data sourced from the Financial Conduct Authority and Companies House; electronic questionnaires and follow up tele…