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Rapid Research COVID-19 Briefing #3: Grassroots action – the role of informal community activity in responding to crises

Repository entry 1 July 2020

The establishment of COVID-19 mutual aid groups at community level has been a remarkable and praised feature of the first few months of the coronavirus crisis. Yet little is so far known about how they formed, how they work, and what role they play. This briefing examines some of the literature on the value of informal community activity- espec…

State of rural community business: A snapshot view in June 2020

Repository entry 1 July 2020

The Coronavirus crisis affected lives in all corners of the world, almost no community has gone unchanged in some way since global awareness of the outbreak began in the Spring of 2020. For community-owned and run businesses across the UK, Covid-19 presented both daunting challenges and unexpected opportunities. 

This report loo…

The English Village and Community Hall Survey 2020

Repository entry 1 July 2020

The English Village and Community Hall Survey 2020, written on behalf of Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), is a detailed look at village halls across England. The ten-year survey provides a snapshot of the state of England’s varied and essential village and community halls, their funding, use and changes over time. With over 2,…

Safety in Numbers?

Blog 30 June 2020

Safety in numbers? sets out the questions that matter to communities, as told to us and prioritised by over three thousand people across the UK. This agenda is the result of a nationally representative process of research and co-creation, which listened

Safety in numbers?

Publication 30 June 2020

Safety in numbers? sets out the questions that matter to communities, as told to us and prioritised by more than 3,000 people across the UK. This agenda is the result of a nationally representative process of research and co-creation.

Safety first: research paints uneasy picture of social cohesion

News 30 June 2020

Safety and concerns about responsibility for care top the list of what matters to UK communities, putting the future of the social contract into question — reveals a radical new research agenda published today by the Institute for Community Studies (ICS).

Standing in solidarity

Blog 3 June 2020

As an organisation working to strengthen communities across the UK, what we are seeing taking place in the United States is deeply upsetting and unsettling.

Assessing the value of volunteers in community businesses

Repository entry 1 June 2020

This report reviews the existing evidence on the importance of volunteering to community businesses and derives estimates of the overall economic value of volunteering to community businesses. It estimates the number of hours worked by volunteers within community businesses, the value (£) of this time across the community business sector and b…

Community business in England: Learning from the Power to Change Research Institute 2015-19

Repository entry 1 June 2020

Community business in England: Learning from the Power to Change Research Institute 2015–19 This ‘compendium’ report summary brings together the key findings relating to community business from 70 research reports, evaluation reports and working papers produced from 2015 to the end of 2019 by the Power to Change Research Institute. These …

CORE case study: Wight Community Energy – the impact of Community Benefit Fund grants

Repository entry 1 June 2020

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CORE case study: Yealm Community Energy – monitoring the impact of Community Benefit Fund grants

Repository entry 1 June 2020

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Next Generation case study: Bath and West Community Energy – Flex Community

Repository entry 1 June 2020

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