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The role of community-led infrastructure in responding to COVID-19.
Learning from the first year of Creative Civic Change
This report outlines why long-term, neighbourhood-level investment in social infrastructure is essential...
A report exploring what we learned from our tour of England to...
Towards 'community-led' infrastructure.
Elinor Ostrom’s radical vision for community power
Grassroots volunteering in response to COVID-19.
Phase one research findings on communities responding to COVID-19.
A snapshot of community economic development initiatives from Big Local areas
Exploring what happens when you give local people the money, power and...
Welcome to Don’t Get Any Ideas, a podcast series all about Creative...
We’re back for a second series – exploring what happens when you...
