Community Ownership key to levelling up Britain’s high streets according to new research

A new report from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University, commissioned by Power to Change, Community businesses and high streets: ‘taking back’ and leading forward has shone light on the need and opportunity for supporting communities to save ailing high streets and support the levelling up agenda. According to the research, community businesses – businesses that are owned and ran by and for their local communities – are already contributing to high street regeneration, increasing footfall by offering spaces and services that differ from…

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New UK collective to look at role of foundations in boosting enterprise

The Enterprise Grants Taskforce will bring together funders and foundations looking to support the development of earned income across the sector. A new group of funders and foundations has come together with the aim of boosting enterprise in the sector through better use of Enterprise Grants. Enterprise Grants are grants made by public or private funders which are used to help charities and social enterprises increase their capacity to earn income from selling services or goods, or reward trading growth.  The work of the Taskforce will combine efforts to define…

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Power to Change appoints three new trustee directors

Anne-Marie Harris, Deepa Shah and Hardev Virdee have joined the Board of Trustee Directors at Power to Change, the charitable trust which backs community business — businesses run by and for the benefit of local people and which help places to thrive. The new trustee directors, who hail from a range of professional and personal backgrounds, bring a wealth of experience, passion and perspective to Power to Change and the community business sector. From finance to human resources, they all share a common determination to strengthen communities through growing, nurturing…

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Power to Change to remain open for business with new National Lottery investment

Power to Change – which supports communities to create better places through business – has secured £20milllion in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. The money will enable the organisation to remain open to help community businesses navigate the Covid-19 recovery and build on its six-year legacy, which has seen community businesses in England more than double to 11,000. Run by local people, trading for the benefit of local people, community businesses are for-profit organisations that provide the services that neighborhoods need to make them thrive. Community businesses are…

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Multi-million pound Covid-19 recovery scheme launches for community-led organisations

A new £9.5million funding scheme that will support community-led organisations in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis, has been unveiled. The Covid-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme (CCLORS) will provide grants up to £100,000 to community-led organisations in England that are facing severe financial difficulties as a direct result of the coronavirus lockdown. The scheme is open to all types of community-led organisation affected by the crisis. Applications are particularly welcome from organisations led by or directly supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, which have been disproportionately affected by…

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