£61m Community Right to Buy Fund Announced

This week saw Communities Secretary Steve Reed, announce a £61m Community Right to Buy Fund aimed at saving treasured community assets from closure. The fund builds upon the Government’s Pride of Place Initiative and is part of a series of reforms designed by the...

Is Your Charity Place-Based Enough?

Earlier this month, the government announced a one-off endowment of £40m to create a new UK-wide charity, The Queen Elizabeth Trust, in memory of the late Queen. With a mission to strengthen communities across the country, it will focus on shared spaces that bring...

Looking to Create a Lasting Legacy for Your Charity?

With the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announcing it will quit the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil-producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership, it’s clear to see alliances are shifting and business rules are changing on the global stage. Whilst we...

What’s The Point of Social Value

As it turns out, quite a lot. It used to be the case that helping clients develop a strong offering in terms of social value was a good way to score a few additional points, which in a competitive tender could make the difference between winning and losing. Now...