Power to Change LocalGov.co.uk - Your authority on UK local government - What do we want our high streets to look like next Christmas? localgov.co.uk - Vidhya Alakeson Over the last few years, we have seen a trend over the Christmas period for high street retailers to pin their hopes on a good sales period in the …
Power to Change Food For All Pantry to launch in Belle Isle - South Leeds Life southleedslife.com - By Jeremy Morton Middleton based charity Health for All, which aims to help the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the city overcome the challenges of health …
Power to Change Three guiding principles for investing our dormant assets for good pioneerspost.com - Nick Temple How do you distribute £800m – announced recently as part of the planned expansion of the UK's Dormant Assets Scheme – for maximum social impact? Nick …
Power to Change Social enterprises face 'damaging obstacles' to coronavirus loans civilsociety.co.uk Social enterprises could go out of business because of “damaging obstacles” to accessing government-backed bank loans, sector leaders have …
Power to Change The cohousing projects that are reducing social isolation in Bristol bristol247.com - Molly Pipe The post The cohousing projects that are reducing social isolation in Bristol appeared first on Bristol 24/7.
Power to Change New kitchen feeds vulnerable people in Harpurhey community inyourarea.co.uk - InYourArea Community Cooking up meals at the Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project The day before Manchester went into Tier 4 was a busy one at Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project …
Power to Change The light in COVID-19’s shade themj.co.uk ‘When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?’ The opening lines of Amanda Gorman’s superlative inauguration …
Power to Change Huge former cinema to become music venue under £4m community-led plan business-live.co.uk - William Telford Talks are due to begin with investors and potential commercial tenants as plans take shape for a £4million transformation of Plymouth’s former …
Power to Change The Feeling’s Mutual: Can we be less prescriptive – and ‘more pigeon’? pioneerspost.com - Post Reporters How do we best nurture mutual aid? In this episode, Vidhya Alakeson and Angela Fell discuss how institutions can create a supportive environment and …
Power to Change Mayor of London backs new fund to boost capital's local high streets - London Post london-post.co.uk - Ldn-Post Today, community business champions Power to Change and Co-operatives UK, supported by the Mayor of London, launched a new funding pilot designed to …
Power to Change £150,000 of new funding for London businesses drapersonline.com - Caroline Wadham It will be delivered by community organisations, Power to Change and Co-operatives UK. The funding forms part of the Mayor of London’s £6.6bn Recovery …
Power to Change INTERVIEW: THE GLOBE narcmagazine.com - By Jonathan Horner on Monday, February 1st, 2021 Dave Parker and Rob Heron from the Newcastle venue talk to Jonathan Horner about livestreams, the co-op community and their passion for supporting …
Power to Change Business: As Topshop heads online for good, Metro asks if this is the death of the high street - Metro Newspaper UK metro.news - Rosie Murray-west THE beginning of 2021 has been disastrous for retailers. Non-essential stores remain shut for the foreseeable future and big names including …
Power to ChangeUnemployment Communities and councils need the power to act locally on unemployment themj.co.uk UK unemployment currently stands at a 4.8%; and in places like the North East it’s as high as 6.7% [1] .These are shocking figures but perhaps not …
Power to ChangeFinance Community businesses can increase employment in the COVID-19 recovery openaccessgovernment.org - Nishat Vidhya Alakeson, Chief Executive at Power to Change, discusses the power of community when it comes to an economic COVID-19 recovery As redundancy …
Power to Change Peckham community group secures “life saving” grant to support elderly residents londonnewsonline.co.uk - Lottie Kilraine A Peckham community group has been awarded a Lottery grant to help provide vital support to the elderly amid the “devastating” Covid-19 pandemic. Elim …
Power to ChangeSocial Enterprise How Flourished Minds is helping young people to achieve their goals yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk - Charlie Bullough Flourished Minds has been awarded a share of National Lottery funding through the Covid-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme (CCLORS). The …
Power to ChangeRetail High streets can be resurrected if communities are empowered Financial Times - Vidhya AlakesonThe writer is chief executive of Power to Change and sits on the UK government’s High Streets Task Force The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many UK businesses deep into financial crisis, but not all have...
Power to ChangeIndia Vidhya Alakeson: Save high streets by giving communities the keys to the door | Local Government Chronicle (LGC) lgcplus.com - LGC Contributor Community businesses deliver diverse and distinctive services that local people need, writes the chief executive of Power to Change, and board member …
Power to ChangeCapital Raising More funding opportunities to help with Covid's impact | UK Fundraising fundraising.co.uk More funding for NHS charities, help for small youth organisations, and a new match funding scheme from Power to Change for community businesses
Power to ChangeEngland Wellingborough's Glamis Hall For All day centre awarded £50,000 lockdown lifeline northantstelegraph.co.uk - Alison Bagley A Wellingborough day centre charity has been awarded a £50,000 grant - a share of £9.5m of National Lottery funding to help recover from the impacts …
Power to ChangeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoEngland Rochdale community group receives boost of nearly £10,000 inyourarea.co.uk - Flora Byatt A local Pennines Township community group, MoorEnd Development Trust, has received nearly £10,000 worth of funding to provide activities for older …
Power to ChangeEngland Halifax group secures £100k lottery funding as part of Covid-19 recovery todmordennews.co.uk - Sam McKeown Halifax group secures £100k lottery funding as part of Covid-19 recovery Halifax Opportunities Trust, in Hanson Lane, has been awarded £99,228 through …
Power to ChangeLondon Will central London bounce back? centreforlondon.org - Amy leppanen As London and other English city centres empty out once more, The London Conference has been pondering the future of London’s centre and suburbs.On …
Power to ChangeRace & Ethnicity BAME charities share £9.5m in National Lottery funding charitytimes.com - By Joe Lepper BAME-led charities and not for profit organisations are to receive a share of £9.5m to help them recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The …
Power to ChangeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRace & Ethnicity More than 200 BAME community organisations awarded share of £9.5m in emergency funding thirdsector.co.uk
Power to Change How community share offers could mobilise social and financial capital thirdsector.co.uk - Stephen Delahunty Community spirit may have made a comeback amid the anxieties of lockdown Britain, but the dramatic loss of income across the voluntary and …
Power to Change What the Signalise Co-op can do for the deaf morningstaronline.co.uk DEAF British Sign Language (BSL) users and interpreters are coming together to develop Signalise, a new model of interpreting-support provision that …
Power to Change £3m unrestricted fund announced for community businesses | UK Fundraising fundraising.co.uk - Posted by Melanie May on in News Power to Change has unveiled a £3 million unrestricted grants programme for community businesses. The Community Business Renewal Fund has been created …
