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Does State-Driven Social Economy Work? The Case of Community Business in South Korea

Repository entry 1 March 2021

What is the role of the government in enhancing social economy? South Korea has implemented projects and programs to enhance social economy. This paper discusses the positive role of government intervention by looking at the case of community business in South Korea. In addition, some limitations are discussed. Qualitative data based on in-dept…

Rapid research COVID-19 Briefing #10: Community responses to COVID-19 – Striking a balance between communities and local authorities

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This briefing draws on research with five local authorities in England to examine how relationships between communities and local government have played out during the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws attention to a complex and interlinked response to the crisis from communities and local councils, founded upon a consistent and collaborative approac…

Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2020

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This Supporting Analysis document supports Power to Change’s 2020 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 qu…

The Community Business Market in 2020

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This is the sixth in a series of annual reports published by the Power to Change Research Institute on the state of the community business market. This iteration is the fourth researched and written by CFE Research and utilises the same robust methodological approach as 2019, enabling continued confidence in the findings.

The research makes us…

The Community Business Market in 2020 – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This report summarises the sixth Power to Change annual report into the structure, size, shape and outlook for the community business market in England. The 2020 iteration benefits from the same robust methodological approach as 2019, enabling continued confidence in the findings. The market size estimates are based on pre-Covid-19 data but the…

Together We Plan!

Repository entry 1 March 2021

This handbook offers useful approaches to support Big Local partnerships develop and plan their work during the COVID-19 crisis and future uncertainty.

You can find more reports written or commissioned by Local Trust here.

Doc Brown’s dream and the launch of ARIA

Blog 19 February 2021

Today we saw the announcement of the long-awaited Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), the new blue skies research agency to develop high-risk, high-reward technologies in the UK. As explained in the .gov website, ARIA will be “led by scientists who will

Undisciplined Spaces

Blog 5 February 2021

Students have been partnered with community researchers drawn from across the UK and together, are identifying issues of marginalisation or exclusion in a local area to tackle, deploying creative research approaches (e.g. digital diaries, visual arts, storytelling etc) to do

A Review of Evaluation Evidence on the Community Business Hypotheses

Repository entry 1 February 2021

The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research reviewed evaluation evidence from Power to Change’s programmes as related to the community business hypotheses. This is a summary report highlighting key insights from their findings. The review found very little evidence relating to the hypotheses. Specifically the variables associated wit…

Community Power: The Evidence

Repository entry 1 February 2021

The term community power captures a wide range of different practices, approaches and initiatives. Common to all of these is the principle that communities have knowledge, skills and assets which mean they themselves are well placed to identify and respond to any challenges that they face, and to thrive.

This report sets out the wealth of comm…

Rapid research COVID-19 Briefing #9: Community responses to COVID-19 – Communities and local authorities

Repository entry 1 February 2021

The varied ways in which local authorities have worked with communities in response to COVID-19 is of great interest for policymakers, researchers and practitioners at the local level. Earlier research on this topic can provide helpful frameworks and insights to inform current debates. This briefing looks at literature on the relationships betw…

Rebalancing the Relationship

Repository entry 1 February 2021

In 2018, NCVO, ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation launched a project to address competition and collaboration, particularly between organisations of different sizes delivering public service. The findings from this project and considerations for practice are laid out within this report and are based on significant engagement with organisations ac…