Stories

Welcome to our stories page - here you’ll find a collection of insights and learnings from place-based work, alongside our team and partners’ thoughts and reflections.
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Blog
Beyond collaboration in place-based leadership
These are reflections following a webinar that Place Matters held on July 13 2022.
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Case Study
Lessons on UK Field Building from Farming the Future
Bonnie Hewson, Director at Farming the Future, is a leading thinker in UK philanthropy and place-based change work. We caught up with her to discuss the journey, aims and challenges further.
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Framework : Funder Role Continuum
Our Funder Role Continuum is a developing framework that encourages funders to consider what they want the role and influence of their funding to be.
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Historical Review of Place-based Change by Lankelly Chase
This report presents the findings from an historical review of place based approaches to change. Written by Habiba Nabatu for Lankelly Chase Foundation.
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Framework : Types of Place-Based Work
Our Types of Place-Based Work Diagram is a developing framework that encourages collaborations to consider how they want to engage with place-based working.
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Framework : Practices, Conditions & Mindsets for Place-based Change
Our Place-Based Change Visual is a developing framework that explores the necessary conditions and practices for effective place-based change, and the skills and mindset that Place Matters holds in our work.
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Place-Based Funders Action Learning by Place Matters
In April 2023, Place Matters held a roundtable of place-based funders to discuss the position of funding organisations in the sector. This paper outlines the key themes from this discussion.
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