What does it take to improve a place? Everyone has their place. On the most basic level, that place could be little more than a specific geography – a location, a dwelling, a spot. More often, places are about feelings. Who could argue that a ‘home’ is made up simply of bricks and mortar and
The ‘Increasing Youth Social Action in Place’ report makes recommendations for funders to work in ‘place-informed’ ways to embed youth social action sustainably. The report was produced by Renaisi as part of our work for the #iwill Fund Learning Hub, which is led by the Dartington Service Design Lab. Renaisi and the Lab worked with #iwill
Alice Thornton, Head of Learning at Renaisi, reflects on the Community Business Fund’s interim evaluation report. The Community Business Fund is a funding programme to support the sustainability of community businesses. So far, so simple. But what makes it interesting and unusual – as well as difficult to evaluate – is that community businesses are diverse
A guest blog by Civil Service Fast Streamer Emma Hardie reflecting on her placement at Renaisi. As part of the Civil Service Fast Stream I had the opportunity to take a six-month secondment in the non-profit sector. I was placed at Renaisi and these are my reflections on what I learnt while working at the
Executive Chair Stephen Bediako discusses the increasing need for true deliberative, participatory processes in democracy that value the power of inclusion and diversity – and encourages us to step up to make our voices heard.
Renaisi was commissioned to identify and describe the types of community businesses supported by Power to Change, their impact and how the model of community business drives that impact. Power to Change’s Community Business Fund awards grants of between £50,000 and £300,000 to community businesses for business development projects to make them more sustainable. Our
Civil Service Fast Streamer, Emma Hardie’s reflections on her six-month secondment at Renaisi.
Renaisi is delighted to be supporting two flagship government programmes that seek to give local people more opportunity to be involved in finding and delivering solutions to local issues. Renaisi will help community partnerships understand and share their impact Place Based Social Action (PBSA) is a joint £4.5m programme between the Department for Digital, Culture,
The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP) and Shoreditch Trust are looking for a local Hackney resident to help conduct some community engagement work as part of an effort to build a Civic Innovation Hub in Hackney. This would be a part-time role, serving as an external consultant to help with delivery from February to early July 2019 with a budget of up to £5,500.
This short working paper is about community businesses, the places that they exist in and how those two things interact. It aims to explore evidence about their relationship in three broad question areas: The paper was written by former Renaisi CEO, John Hitchin, as part of an evaluation and learning review of Power to Change’s
