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Next Generation Community Energy – Interim Evaluation Report

Repository entry 1 June 2020

Power to Change commissioned CAG Consultants in May 2019 to evaluate the Next Generation Community Energy programme. This is the first interim evaluation of the programme. The programme aims to support the community energy sector in two ways: by bringing more solar farms into community ownership whilst maximising the financial, environmental an…

Rapid Research COVID-19 Briefing #2: Community resilience or resourcefulness?

Repository entry 1 June 2020

This research briefing builds on an initial review of the literature around community responses to disasters (Briefing 1: April 2020). Whilst being informed by some of the academic literature, it focuses directly on community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on the ground. It aims to develop understanding of ideas about ‘resourcefulness’ …

Institute for Community Studies announced as a strategic partner in the UK’s Civic University Network.

News 27 May 2020

The first priority of the Civic University Network will be to develop and support an impactful sector response to the Covid-19 crisis. First and foremost, this will involve consulting with universities, the civil society sector and community organisations to build a

Arts, culture and social impact: lessons on how to grow good ideas

Blog 22 May 2020

In partnership with Battersea Arts Centre and with generous support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, we’re pleased to be launching the Co-Creating Change Accelerator.

‘Covid & Me’ diaries: exit strategies

Blog 7 May 2020

With the lockdown exit strategy due to be announced by the Government on Sunday, we were curious to find out what UK residents think is the best way to lift lockdown

‘Covid & Me’ diaries: community voices

Blog 3 May 2020

The speed of Covid-19 spreading across the country and impact on UK society has turned our lives upside down.

A systematic review of the community wellbeing impact of community business

Repository entry 1 May 2020

This systematic review from the What Works Centre for Wellbeing looks at the ways in which community businesses work to improve the wellbeing of their customers, staff, volunteers, and local communities and what these wellbeing outcomes are. It also identifies key risks which have the potential to prevent positive impact on community wellbeing….

Building a sustainable data ecosystem around community assets in England

Repository entry 1 May 2020

In 2018, mySociety launched Keep It In The Community (KIITC) as a prototype of a service that could help to monitor community-owned assets in the UK. This report, authored by mySociety, looks into the role that data on community-owned assets and assets of community value (ACVs) plays in the community asset sector, with an aim to shaping the fut…

Exploring the durability of community businesses in England – A comparative analysis

Repository entry 1 May 2020

# Preview | Download ORC-2020-05-Exploring the durability of community businesses in England.pdf2MB Author(s) Reinout Kleinhans Steve Clare Ingmar van Rianne Warsen Citation Kleinhans, R., Clare, S., van, I. and Warsen, R. (2020) Exploring the durability of community businesses in England

Next Generation case study: Gloucestershire Community Energy Co-op

Repository entry 1 May 2020

The aims of the Gloucestershire Community Energy Coop (GCEC) are to enable local communities and individuals to take part in exciting renewable energy schemes across the county, and to encourage energy saving initiatives. By installing solar panels on community buildings, and developing suitable sites for wind and hydro schemes, we aim to give …

Emerging from Lockdown (Part One)

Blog 29 April 2020

There is an increasingly vocal common hope that in amongst the pain for those who experience illness and loss through Covid-19 and all the associated long-term social, health and economic impacts of lockdown, we will come out of this with a renewed sense of community.

Learning in Lockdown

Blog 15 April 2020

The Citadel The Citadel, as we are more colloquially known to our service users, has been helping children and young people in the Leith area of Edinburgh since 1980. In recent times, our provision has focussed on youth clubs offering a wide range of social,