Category: Case studies

In our latest How We Did It event, we spoke to Zoe Sharratt of Gateshead Council. They've passed around 45 buildings and spaces to communities.

18th May, 2022

Asset transfer • Council Voices • Events • How to guide

Meet the UK's first Community Heath Workers, local people attached to a GP's surgery who check-in on the health of the neighbours. And who are already showing a different possible future for primary care.

25th April, 2022

Health and social care • Public Health

Interview with Waltham Forest's Laura Butterworth on lessons learnt from hosting a citizens' assembly.

28th February, 2022

Citizens Assemblies • Community engagement • Council Voices • Crime and justice • Events • Local government

What can local battles against climate change teach us about what needs to happen on the national stage?

20th October, 2021

Case study • Climate change • Community Power

Once described as the 'scrag-end' of Kingston-upon-Thames, Tolworth was less a destination, more a place to pass through or avoid completely. That was until a group of local residents decided to add a bit of colour, playfulness and plastic...

29th July, 2021

Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Interview • Podcast • Regeneration

A quarter of the buildings on Plymouth's Union Street were standing empty until local residents decided to do something about it. Now they've taken over four - bringing hope, jobs, money and fun to an area that felt the...

2nd July, 2021

Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Place building • Podcast

Jessica Tunks, 18 years old, shares the story of Streetbase in Waltham Forest – a project to tackle violent crime that shows the value of young people’s voices.

15th June, 2021

Community Power • Crime and justice • Young people • Youth

Mark Pepper was born and bred in Lawrence Weston, an historically neglected estate on the outskirts of Bristol. After one of the area’s last public spaces was closed, Mark and […]

24th May, 2021

Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Podcast • Regeneration

Why do we keep sending people back to the conditions that have made them ill in the first place? This question is at the core of GP Dr Mark Spencer’s […]

13th May, 2021

Case study • Community Power • Community Voices • Health and social care • Podcast • Public Health

Jaiden, 19, is a trustee at Rekindle School - the South Manchester-based supplementary school where everything - from the curriculum, to safeguarding, to funding, will be youth-led. Before speaking at this year's Stronger Things event, Jaiden reflects on the...

1st March, 2021

Community Power • Education and skills • Stronger Things • Video • Young people

Built in the 1930s, the Grade II-listed Bryne Avenue Baths had fallen into a state of disrepair when the council made plans to knock the building down. That was until […]

10th March, 2020

Community Power • Powerful Communities

We meet Alison Haskins, who taught sewing in Lesotho before helping to revitalise a community in a diverse area of Yorkshire.

27th February, 2020

Community Power • Interview • Powerful Communities • Public Sector Voices

Get to know Hannah Sloggett who revitalised an area of Plymouth through Nudge Community Builders, starting with a street party and going on to turn an empty pub into housing for single parents.

20th February, 2020

Community Power • Interview • Public Sector Voices

Elizabeth Mitchell explains how Manchester City Council is creating a more inclusive city.

11th February, 2020

Economy and business • Inclusive Growth • Place building • Public Sector Voices