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A curated and searchable collection of community-related research reports, case studies and publications
Community Business Fund evaluation – Interim Report
Published: 2019
Power to Change commissioned Renaisi in October 2016 to evaluate the Community Business Fund. This is the first interim evaluation of the programme. The Community Business Fund is aimed at community businesses who need funding for a business development project that will make them more sustainable, making grant awards of between £50,000 and £…
Growth, sustainability and purpose in the community business market in the Liverpool City Region
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-03-Growth sustainability and purpose in the community business market in Liverpool City Region.pdf3MB Author(s) Helen Heap Vicky Nowak Ellen Schwaller Alan Southern Matt Thompson Citation Heap, H., Nowak, V., Schwaller, E., Southern, A. and Thompson, M.
Community business and anchor institutions
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download ORC-2019-02-Community business and anchor institutions.pdf2MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Community business and anchor institutions. Research Report. Power to Change. Details Report type: Research Report Publisher: Power to Change Location: England
Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2018
Published: 2019
This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2018 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 three appendices in this document. – Appendix A covers the survey and qualitative methods adopted i…
Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care
Published: 2019
This systematic review looks to identify what evidence exists in relation to the impact of community business-related approaches to health and social care on its users. In particular, the report asks how effective community businesses are in delivering outcomes for their users.
Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care – Research Summary
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-20S-Systematic review of community business related approaches to health and social care.pdf148kB Author(s) Stuart McClean Sanda Ismail Jane Powell Mat Jones Richard Kimberlee Emma Bird Pauline Shaw Citation McClean, S., Ismail, S., Powell, J., Jones, M.,
Power to Change Annual Grantee Survey 2018
Published: 2019
This is the third in a regular series of annual reports on the experiences of Power to Change grantees. It is based on a survey of 450 organisations that received grant offers between January 2015 and May 2018. The survey was carried out in September 2018. The response rate was 33%, the same as in 2017. Overall, the survey concludes a strong an…
Front and Centre, Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth
Published: 2019
The report titled “Front and Centre, Putting Social Value at the Heart of Inclusive Growth” by Social Enterprise UK, has found that local councils are increasingly using procurement to drive higher economic growth. It calls on central government, local councils and other public bodies to do more to use social value and put it at the front a…
Supporting analysis of the Community Business Market Report 2019
Published: 2019
This technical appendix supports Power to Change’s 2019 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 qualitative …
The Community Business Market in 2019
Published: 2019
This is Power to Change’s fifth annual report on the community business market in England. It uses a refined methodology and the most accurate data to describe the structure, size and shape of the community business market in 2019 and consider the outlook for the year ahead.
The Community Business Market in 2019 – Research Summary
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download RI-24S-The Community Business Market in 2019.pdf229kB Author(s) John Higton Rachael Archer Rebecca Steer Irshad Mulla Amelia Hicklin Citation Higton, J., Archer, R., Steer, R., Mulla, I. and Hicklin, A. (2019) The Community Business Market in 2019
The success guide to delivering services from a community space
Published: 2019
# Preview | Download G-2019-12-The success guide to delivering services from a community space.pdf600kB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) The success guide to delivering services from a community space. Practice Guide. Power to Change. Details Report type: Practice Guide Publisher: