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Our policy and advocacy work aims to secure more resources and improved support for communities enabling them to thrive

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News and opinion

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Environment Local economies
Tackling the climate emergency needs a collective response

Putting people at the heart of policy making

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Environment
Building a more inclusive climate agenda in England

Big Local areas co-write a letter to IPPR’s Environmental Justice Commission

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Local economies
Can Community Wealth Building deliver change at the neighbourhood...

Events exploring community wealth building at the neighbourhood level

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Health and wellbeing Spaces and services
The importance of bringing people together

Matt Leach reflects on how communities prioritise how money is spent

News
Health and wellbeing Spaces and services
Press release: On the edge

Large-scale data analysis finds ‘left behind’ places have worse health, wealth and...

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Local economies
Marking one year of the Community Wealth Fund Alliance

One year on from the initial launch of the Community Wealth Fund...

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Local economies Power and leadership Spaces and services
Communities on the agenda? Exploring the new Communities Framework

Our Chief Executive Matt Leach responds to the new Communities Framework.

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Local economies Spaces and services
Community hubs – managing the money for survival and...

Steve Wyler, co-author of research report Community Hubs: Understanding Survival and Success,...

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Submissions and policy research

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Achieving local economic change: what works?

What can be learnt from 40 years of local economic regeneration policy?

Local economies
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Left behind? Understanding communities on the edge

New research identifies 206 ‘left behind’ areas in England

Health and wellbeing Spaces and services
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Local economies
Sharing in prosperity

Principles for shaping the design of the UKSPF and other place-based funding...

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Activate! Land in the hands of communities

Hannah Gardiner, Shared Assets

Spaces and services
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The Future for Communities: Continuing the conversation

Report on the Future for Communities gathering hosted by Local Trust at...

Community spirit
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Housing
Social Housing Green Paper

Our response to the government green paper on social housing.

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Rebalancing the power

Five principles for a successful relationship between councils and communities

Power and leadership
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Local economies
Strong resourceful communities

The case for a community wealth fund.

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The Future for Communities: Perspectives on power

Final report from the Empowered Communities in the 2020s

Power and leadership
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