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.
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.
Announcement: Place Matters Commissioned for Esmée Fairbairn Place-Led Research Project
We’re excited to announce that Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has commissioned Place Matters to research the impact of three key projects supported through its place-led funding, which began in 2016.
How do we build trust and belief in the effectiveness of place-based change?
Place Matters Co-Director Jo Blundell reflects on the questions raised during our recent stewardship group discussion on Evidence and Impact in place-based change work.
The conditions for place-based success : Lessons learnt from a lifetime of community centred change
Place Matters Co-Director, Emily Sun, hosted Dame Julia and David Sanderson on 19th June 2024. This is a summary of the key topics and themes discussed.
Galvanising community action through a Citizen Assembly
How Black Thrive and Catalyst4Change brought people together in Birmingham to start building a movement to change mental health and well-being for local Black people.
Sharing power with communities can be difficult due to relationship management and conflict. In this article we share some examples of where nurturing partnerships has been done successfully.
The power of culture: Learning about working as a local system to support community businesses
This study was developed from a Community of Practice event with the 6 Catalyst organisations that made up Power to Change Empowering Places programme.
How can community businesses build citizenship in our communities?
Place Matters invited Jon Alexander, author of Citizens, to explore his ideas around a new model of Citizenship in the context of community-based organisations and social businesses.
