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Neighbourhood economic models
Repository entry 1 August 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…
Transforming Health: Shifting our health systems from illness treatment and prevention to health creation
Publication 11 July 2017
In spite of recent overall advancements in our society’s health and wellbeing, we are experiencing a crisis of major health disparities driven by growing inequalities. Experts recognize that while the NHS has much to be celebrated, its design is not
Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 10 and Confidence Framework
Publication 5 July 2017
The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our tenth Programme Insight we give
Taking the future into their own hands: Youth work and entrepreneurial learning.
Publication 2 July 2017
In the challenging times that most EU Member States are experiencing in the aftermath of the financial crisis, young people are at particular risk of being left at the margins of society. In 2016, approximately 1 in 10 young people
Community business and the Social Value Act
Repository entry 1 July 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
Repository entry 1 July 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…
Realising Ambition Programme Insights: Issue 9
Publication 30 June 2017
The Realising Ambition consortium, of which The Young Foundation was a part, produced a series of 12 Programme Insights rather than writing a long evaluation report at the end of the five-year programme. In our ninth Programme Insight, we combine
Barnet Community Transport
Repository entry 1 June 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Barnet Community Transport.pdf651kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Barnet Community Transport. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: London
Bishops Castle and District Community Land Trust
Repository entry 1 June 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
Repository entry 1 June 2017
# Preview | Download RI-06-CS-Bristol Community Land Trust.pdf840kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2017) Bristol Community Land Trust. Case Study. Power to Change. Details Report type: Case Study Publisher: Power to Change Location: South West
Co-operative Pubs: A better form of business – 2017
Repository entry 1 June 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
Repository entry 1 June 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…