Power to Change

📢 During this crucial election period help us understand the issues you face so we can work to change them. 🏆 Last chance to win a share of £1,000 - survey closing Sunday. Take the Community Business Market Survey 👇 https://lnkd.in/e8PHJjVe #CBM24

We want to see the next government harness the power & potential in our communities to: 📈 Finance the future economy 💪 Release community power 🏪 Take back the high street Read more about how they can do this in our blog post 👇 https://lnkd.in/eMhTPKtf

📹 Have you watched this? We may have seen a lot of politicians lately, but the real work begins after 4 July. We’re calling for a new Community Power Act to give real power, control and influence to the people who know best. Like the video? Go here to find all the ways you can support our campaign: https://lnkd.in/e4dWxgtv

📢 During this crucial election period help us understand the issues you face so we can work to change them. 🏆 You could also be in with a chance to win a share of £1,000. Take the Community Business Market Survey 👇 https://lnkd.in/e8PHJjVe #CBM24

🚀Just Launched : new film 📹 Leadership. Representation. Power. You don’t just find these in Westminster. You find it in every neighbourhood. We took to the streets with our campaign leaders Andy, Hannah and Josiah to tell a different story this #GeneralElection season. Like our video? Go here to find all the ways you can support our campaign: https://lnkd.in/e4dWxgtv

JOIN OUR TEAM 🤝 | Have you got what it takes to make sure our research and insight programme is rigorous, creative and high impact? Take a look at our newest #vacancy ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dhFvtrKb

"If you just carry on doing what you've always done then you get what you've always got." Jess Steele, Hastings Commons. As this piece shows, people up and down the country feel both the need for housing, but also the impact of mass development on where they live: gentrification, increased house prices, and what their local town looks and feels like. We're ready to work with the next government to enable development that communities want - like Hastings Commons taking derelict buildings to turn them into community hubs and flats that have their rents capped. Read more about our ideas for the next government 👇 https://lnkd.in/ep6ygbsD https://lnkd.in/eZj7rsHp

TRADING FOR GOOD 💡 | This programme helps you solve challenges in your community. To deal with issues like the cost-of-living crisis, lack of community resources or environmental decline people are creating their own solutions. A new programme helps those people grow and sustain their projects for improving their communities. The new Trading For Good programme: 🙋 Doing good in your community starts with you Among your community’s greatest assets are changemakers who take it upon themselves to build community ownership, investment, cohesion and wellbeing. This programme empowers people to transform their communities by giving them the skills, network and support to do so. 💰 Build your own reliable source of community income This programme empowers you to take control of your work in the community by building a strong trading income. We’ll give you the skills and the funding to get your new income streams running and growing. 🤝 Connect with and learn from people transforming communities across England You share a common goal with changemakers around the country to transform England’s communities. This programme brings people together to create a supportive and collaborative ecosystem that empowers community business to thrive and make a positive impact in their communities. Find out more and apply 👇 https://lnkd.in/e5bs25yM

🕐 Looking forward to Community Land Trust Network's 'Building with Communities' conference today. We'll be learning from sector leaders, celebrating the potential of community ownership, and creating connections across the community-led movement ✨

BLOG ✏️ | Community shares are a means for communities to come together and save the buildings or spaces they care about. But how can we help more people tap into this way of raising money for their own community? Matt Fazal has written about it in our latest blog post 👇 https://lnkd.in/eaQ2bWek