Tag: Power to Change

12 community organisations launch platform to unleash new wave of community activism

Stuart Mitchell

Leading community sector infrastructure organisations in the UK have come together to create an online network to inspire and enable local people to act for themselves on the issues they care about in their community. My Community is the brainchild of 12 leading organisations including Power to Change, Locality, Acre, Groundwork, Local Trust, Plunkett Foundation, Co-operatives UK, MHCLG, NAVCA, New Economics Foundation, NCVO and Semble. Launching this week, it provides a go-to space of trusted resources to help people find the information they need about the support options available, while…

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Stir to Action and Power to Change partner to relaunch 20 webinars for free to support communities

Stuart Mitchell

Stir to Action has launched 20 webinars in partnership with Power to Change to provide free training and peer support for those playing a vital role in their local economy during and after the crisis. Now in its second year, Stir to Action’s New Economy Programme is a national series of workshops and three-day residentials that offer capacity-building training for local communities, democratic businesses, third sector organisations, and activists. As the COVID-19 crisis unfolded and the distancing measures were put in place, Stir to Action wass been compelled to redevelop…

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Power to Change launches up to £12 million of emergency support to help community businesses during the coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Power to Change, the independent trust that supports community businesses in England, is launching up to £12 million of emergency support to provide both immediate and medium-term help for community businesses facing a loss of trading income during the coronavirus crisis. The crisis has highlighted the vital role that community businesses play in reviving local assets, protecting the services that people rely on, and addressing local needs. The new emergency support includes: £7 million in rescue funding for community businesses, offering grants up to £25,000 to contribute towards trading income…

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Power to Change Launches Environmental Theme for Community Business Weekend 2020

Stuart Mitchell

National ambassadors, a new podcast series, a dedicated PR campaign and consumer research will all play a part in the run-up to Power to Change’s annual celebration of community businesses, Community Business Weekend 2020. The annual open doors event, which will run from Thursday, May 14 to Sunday, May 17, will have an environmental theme for 2020. Community businesses, their customers, staff and volunteers will be able to share success stories and swap ideas on how to improve their local neighbourhood, on the small steps that can help to solve…

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Power to Change wins Community Energy Award for CORE and Next Generation programmes

Stuart Mitchell

Power to Change has secured a Community Energy Award in recognition of its two pioneering energy programmes. The trust beat Electricity North West, Friends Provident Foundation and UK Power Networks to scoop the Community Energy Finance Award at a ceremony in London on October 18th. The Community Energy Awards celebrate the best and most innovative projects in the community energy sector, as well as the funders and advisers who have achieved the biggest impact, through grant funding, debt finance, community shares or funding platforms. Power to Change invested some of…

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