Evaluation Report — May 2022 Helping community businesses be more resilient – Lessons learnt from the Trade Up programme One of Power to Change’s three Rachel Sturgis
Research Report — May 2022 The role of small grants in Big Local: scoping paper This paper aims to summarise what Local Trust knows about the small grants funds operating in Big Local areas.
Evaluation Report — Apr 2022 How can funders support established community businesses? Lessons learnt from the Community Business Fund programme Power to Change funded the Community Business Fund (CBF) programme between 2016 and 2021 to support existing community businesses to progress towards greater self-su Waseem Meghjee
Evaluation Report — Apr 2022 How can funders support early-stage community businesses? Lessons learnt from the Bright Ideas programme Power to Change funded the Bright Ideas programme between 2016 and 2021 to support community groups to develop, test and launch their community business ideas. Waseem Meghjee
Evaluation Report — Feb 2022 Nourishing Community Businesses: Beyond Market Development This report, written by CRESR at Sheffield Hallam for Power to Change, builds on the themes of an earlier insight report, Julian Dobson
Working Paper — Feb 2022 Thematic Paper: Assets & Community Businesses Community assets – buildings or land which are used for the social interest or wellbeing of the wider community – can be essential to a community business’ service delivery and Waseem Meghjee
Evaluation Report — Feb 2022 Better understanding the financial impact of funding programmes through the ‘Year Zero’ approach This paper explains what the 'Year Zero reporting approach' is and why it is beneficial, gives practical examples of its applications, and provides guidance to funders and evaluators. Mahdy Alraie
Research Report — Feb 2022 Models of Value that Community Organising Generates for its Adopters Over recent years, the principles and practice of community organising have proliferated across a range of organisations and sectors. Pat McGinn
Research Report — Jan 2022 Understanding the lived experience of ethnic minority students in postgraduate research A qualitative research report on the experiences of ethnic minority postgraduate research students accessing and studying at GuildHE member institutions.
Evaluation Report — Jan 2022 Evaluation of the Next Generation programme for Community Energy – innovation Power to Change’s Next Generation programme aims to support the development of innovative business models for community energy businesses. Mary Anderson
Working Paper — Jan 2022 Thematic Paper: Sector & Community Businesses This working paper explores how the concept of sector can be useful for funders to understand and support community businesses. Waseem Meghjee
Practice Guide — Jan 2022 Delivering Zero-Carbon Schools: A practical and innovative business model for the community energy sector Schools are at the heart of our local communities; they represent a quarter of public sector carbon emissions, so fully decarbonising their energy will be essential.
