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Want to improve your local area? Crowdfunding could be the answer

Spacehive has joined forces with leading accountancy firm Ernst & Young and London Councils, which ...

Communities

Why fight poverty?

Politicians and leaders should also read Unwin’s book, in which she calls for ‘a ...

Communities Finance

Is this government really committed to transparent, accessible local finance?

The government’s recent announcement of a cap on payday loans and its commitment to a ...

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Stories from a Bolton housing estate

Who’s to say whether this UCAN is the best advice centre in the country? It ...

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The Incredible Edible experiment

What started with slightly anarchic plantings in public places is actually a model that can ...

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Neighbourhoods matter

The report also reminds us that neighbourhood-level interventions can and do have an impact. Undoubtedly ...

Built Environment Communities Regeneration

New fund supports innovation in public parks

This month Nesta, the Big Lottery Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund launched Rethinking Parks, ...

Communities

Book review: ‘I grew that’: Nurturing strong communities

This book presents the qualitative outcomes of this project on the ground, in the neighbourhoods ...

Communities

Local social action is needed more than ever

At a time of rising poverty, local community social action has never been more important. ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Building Communities from the Inside Out

Well-intentioned practitioners are inadvertently complicit by gearing policies, projects and funding towards overcoming area-based issues. ...