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The word “community” is at risk of losing all meaning

Blog 15 October 2019

Over the years, it has become a staple in corporate-speak, and there seems to me a sad correlation between the rise of the word in marketing and the slow demise of community itself. Everyone now “cares about the community,” especially

The biggest challenge for politics, for all of us, is to reconnect community with place.

Blog 15 October 2019

The biggest challenge for politics, for all of us, is to reconnect community with place.  My job involves turning in places with my camera, spending a couple of days to take the temperature, then moving on. But In 2017 I

Remembering the original Institute for Community Studies

Blog 14 October 2019

Two former employees of the original Institute for Community Studies reflect on Michael Young’s approach to creating change… Michael Young thought that the best way of understanding people’s lives was to ask them, ideally by talking to them himself.  He

How being a community researcher reconnected me to my home town

Blog 11 October 2019

I was born in this town. My family all live in this town. As a child, I played out on the streets with my friends in this town. In the winters we made snowmen and had snowball fights. In the

A Brighter Future

Publication 1 October 2019

The Young Foundation was funded by the H&M Foundation. The programme helps young people find their way into education, employment or training (EET) by providing them with personalised job coaching and access to a bursary fund. Our report, ‘A Brighter

Achieving local economic change: what works?

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This research examines the impact of community-led partnerships in deprived areas and what makes these successful in achieving local economic change. The research team reviewed evidence from forty years of English regeneration initiatives and interviewed expert practitioners on what works. Local Trust commissioned the research from the Departme…

Achieving local economic change: what works? Executive Summary

Repository entry 1 October 2019

Since the late 1980s, successive governments have sought to include local stakeholders in the delivery of regeneration funding. Communities have been invited to decide boundaries, lead local partnerships and determine the type, scale and duration of area- based initiatives.This research examines the impact of these community-led partnerships in…

Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities

Repository entry 1 October 2019

# Preview | Download ORC-2019-10-Building an inclusive economy through community business.pdf7MB Author(s) Unspecified Citation Unspecified (2019) Building an inclusive economy through community business: The role of social capital and agency in community business formation in deprived communities. Research Report. Centre

Community Pubs: A better form of business – 2019

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This state of the sector report from the Plunkett Foundation, funded by Power to Change, shows community pubs thriving and making a significant contribution to community development. In 2018: The community pub sector grew by 13% with 11 new pubs opening during the year 95 known community pubs in total were trading across the UK at the end of 20…

Community Shops: A better form of business – 2019

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This state of the sector report from the Plunkett Foundation, funded by Power to Change, shows community shops thriving and making a significant contribution to community development. In 2018: 16 new shops opened 363 community shops were trading in the UK by the end of the year £541,000 total share capital was raised from their communities by …

Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review

Repository entry 1 October 2019

This review of the existing academic and grey literature on the relationship between community-led housing and health was commissioned by Power to Change in Spring 2019. Academics from the University of the West off England used Barton and Grant’s ‘health map’ framework to ensure the review considered a range of conditions that impact on …

Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary

Repository entry 1 October 2019

# Preview | Download RI-23S-Community-led housing and health.pdf234kB Author(s) Katie McClymont Emma Griffin Laurence Carmichael Rachael Marsh Citation McClymont, K., Griffin, E., Carmichael, L. and Marsh, R. (2019) Community-led housing and health: a comprehensive literature review – Research Summary. Research