Community Shares

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Community Shares is a Government-funded action research project examining the potential of community shares and bonds as a way to attract extra investment for community enterprises.

The work is funded by the Office of Civil Society and led by the Department for Communities and Local Government, and delivered by Locality (formerly Development Trusts Association) and in partnership with Co-operatives UK www.communityshares.org.uk

Recent activity:

Fan owned and controlled football clubs - a force for revival and communtiy cohesion

Blog entry posted by petramorris 1 month 3 weeks ago

Good things come to those who wait and for the 1,400 fans and supporters of FC United of Manchester this could not be more true. After... Read More »

Localism Bill gets royal nod of approval giving a vote of confidence to local community enterprises

Blog entry posted by petramorris 6 months 10 hours ago

The Localism Bill, which has been making its way through Parliament since December last year, received Royal Assent on 15 November, to become the... Read More »

Locality 11 Convention

Blog entry posted by petramorris 6 months 3 days ago

I was recently delighted to attend the national convention of our member, Locality. Locality 11: Communities ambitious for change... Read More »

What are libraries for?

Blog entry posted by petramorris 9 months 1 day ago

At the beginning of the year I wrote a blog “should we care about libraries?” suggesting that community owned libraries could be one way forward... Read More »

Boost to community pubs with launch of review into restrictive covenants

Blog entry posted by petramorris 9 months 2 weeks ago

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have today (2 Aug) released a consultation on the "The use of restrictive covenants in the... Read More »