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
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
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
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.
Research Report — Sep 2021 Power to Change and blended finance The social investment market in the UK is growing rapidly, with transaction values rising from £165 million to £1.1 billion over the last ten years. Chris Damm
Case Study — Feb 2018 An assessment of community-based social enterprises in three European countries Nick Bailey
Research Report — Feb 2018 An assessment of community-based social enterprises in three European countries Power to Change commissioned a team from the University of Westminster, Delft University of Technology and Stockholm University to carry out a comparative study of community-bas Nick Bailey
Research Summary — Feb 2018 An assessment of community-based social enterprises in three European countries Nick Bailey
Research Report — Jun 2017 What works: Successful community transport The Power to Change Research Institute commissioned NatCen Social Research and WPI Economics to study established businesses in the community transport sector, to identify key s Mehul Kotecha
