Communities Care

Helping local people help other local people.

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Communities Care

Community micro-enterprise development in Westmorland and Furness

Final report of community micro-enterprise projects across South Lakes, Furness and Eden.

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Communities Care

Community micro-enterprise development in Birmingham

An end of project report which highlights the achievements and impact of micro-enterprises in Birmingham 2022-24.

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Communities Care

Supporting the development of community micro-enterprises

Business case for supporting investment in and development of community micro-enterprises.

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Communities Care

Rotherham community options end of project report

Learnings from our partnership project with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

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Communities Care

A simple guide to marketing for community enterprises

A guide for people who are running small enterprises offering care or support to others.

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Communities Care

Rotherham community options

A project report celebrating the successes from our Rotherham partnership to help local people create micro-enterprises.

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Communities Care

Supporting the development of community businesses

Business case that makes the case for investment in support of community businesses.

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Community micro-enterprise and the local economy

Report on a study into community micro-enterprise as a driver of local economic development in social care.

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Communities Care

Lessons to inform community-led approaches to care and wellbeing

Learning from a Birmingham University evaluation into our Enterprising Communities project.

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Community micro-enterprises and learning from innovation in Wrexham

Report assessing the impact of Community Catalysts, with a focus on community micro-enterprises.

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Micro-enterprises: small enough to care?

Birmingham University report on a two-year research project of micro-enterprises in social care.

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