Empowering Places is delivered by Co-operatives UK in partnership with CLES and NEF, with funding from Power to Change
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Empowering places

Empowering Places is a programme which aims to demonstrate the role that concentrated clusters of community businesses can play in creating better places and reducing inequality in local areas. Funded by Power to Change, the programme is delivered by Co-operatives UK in partnership with CLES and NEF.

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About Empowering Places

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Empowering Places is a programme which demonstrates the role that concentrated clusters of community businesses can play in creating better places and reducing inequality in local areas. Funded by Power to Change, the programme is delivered by…

Work in partnership

Through partnership working with local government, business networks and community organisations we help transform local economies and communities. It's all about local wealth building, co-op development and community engagement.

VIDEO: Community economic development

Community Economic Development (CED) gives people the opportunity to meaningfully shape the economy where they live. It enables those living, working and doing business in an area to work together to develop an economy that better supports their…

Empowering Bradford women to work together

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Manningham in Bradford is in the bottom 10% of deprived UK neighbourhoods. It has a significantly younger population too, with 31% of people aged below 18 – and with it comes a high rate of youth unemployment...

Empowering Places Interim Report

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Empowering Places aims to build more resilient communities by supporting community businesses to provide benefits and opportunities for local people.