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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. Micro-providers of care and support, employing 5 […]

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Releasing Somerset’s Capacity to Care

The Community micro-providers project in Somerset worked to increase the number of flexible, responsive, high quality local services and supports […]

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Birmingham Community-Micro Enterprise project report

18 month report from the Birmingham Community-Micro Enterprise project. Community Catalysts were commissioned to coordinate the community micro-enterprise project in […]

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Community micro-enterprise and the local economy

Report reflecting a study into community micro-enterprise as a driver of local economic development in social care. Of interest to […]

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Lessons to inform community-led approaches to care and wellbeing

Learning from a Birmingham University evaluation into our Enterprising Communities project that took place April 2017 to December 2019 over two […]

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Jump Start 2021 Report

Report looking at the success of the Jump Start 2021 programme, run by the Birmingham Community Enterprise project in collaboration […]

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Supporting the development of community businesses

Business case developed from the findings from a recent evidence-based research piece by the University of Birmingham which makes the […]

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Supporting the development of community micro-enterprises

Business case outlining the case for investment in support for community micro-enterprises. It brings together the findings from evidence-based research […]

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Rotherham Community Options Project Report

Report celebrating the successes from our Rotherham partnership project which supports local people or small local groups to develop small […]

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Rotherham Community Options End of Project Report

A look back over the learning and successes from our Rotherham partnership project with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council which: supported […]

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A simple guide to marketing for community enterprises

Our marketing guide has been produced especially for people who are running small enterprises offering care or support to others […]

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Community micro-enterprises and learning from innovation in Wrexham – an impact report

Report assessing the impact of Community Catalysts in Wrexham, with a focus on community micro-enterprises and learning from innovation. Download […]

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The enabling state in practice

The Carnegie Trust ran the Enabling State Challenge inviting submissions from projects who were working in ways that resonated with […]

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So What, What Next?

The So What, What Next? project was designed by the Local Government Association’s (LGA)  Transforming Care empowerment steering group to […]

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Self-directed support in Scotland

Capturing the experience of people living with dementia through partnership working in Scotland. The Life Changes Trust is a Scottish […]

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People doing it for themselves development phase report

This report relates to the first phase of the ‘people doing it for themselves’ project. It aims to share the […]

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People doing it for themselves development phase report – easy read

This report relates to the first phase of the ‘people doing it for themselves’ project. It aims to share the […]

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People doing it for themselves development phase stories

This document includes the detailed stories of the 19 people we interviewed as part of the first phase of the […]

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Community Catalysts’ Impact Report – 2020-21

Highlighting our impact, as an organisation, over the last year…through the challenges of the pandemic. At the beginning of the […]

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The Big Conversation – a review of what people do in the day

Listening to people who have a stake or interest in daytime support for people with a learning disability and/or autism […]

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Community Catalysts’ Impact Report – 2021-22

In this year’s impact report, we reflect on some of the highlights of 2021-22 which include: the extension of our […]

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Community Catalysts’ Impact Report – 2022-23

In this year’s impact report, we reflect on some of the highlights of 2022-23 which include the continued: extension of our […]

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