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#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
📣 It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday AND the start of # CommunityBusinessWeek! 🎉 Visit your local community business and discover the difference they make.
🎬 If you’re in Newcastle, join @starandshadow.bsky.social today for their open doors weekend - full of music, films & community vibes 👉 buff.ly/sR9FmUn
🎬 If you’re in Newcastle, join @starandshadow.bsky.social today for their open doors weekend - full of music, films & community vibes 👉 buff.ly/sR9FmUn
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣 It’s #SmallBusinessSaturday AND the start of # CommunityBusinessWeek! 🎉 Visit your local community business and discover the difference they make.
🎬 If you’re in Newcastle, join @starandshadow.bsky.social today for their open doors weekend - full of music, films & community vibes 👉 buff.ly/sR9FmUn
🎬 If you’re in Newcastle, join @starandshadow.bsky.social today for their open doors weekend - full of music, films & community vibes 👉 buff.ly/sR9FmUn
To wrap up Budget week - which saw direct mention of cooperative business in the Chancellor's statement - we are spotlighting a brad new new essay from @patrickhurley.bsky.social, MP for Southport and Chair of the APPG for The Social Cooperative and Community Economy. Link below 👇
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
To wrap up Budget week - which saw direct mention of cooperative business in the Chancellor's statement - we are spotlighting a brad new new essay from @patrickhurley.bsky.social, MP for Southport and Chair of the APPG for The Social Cooperative and Community Economy. Link below 👇
🎬 Ready for the weekend? Here’s what’s coming up for #CommunityBusinessWeek:
✅ Newcastle: @starandshadow.bsky.social hosts an open doors weekend! Free music, films & community activities. Full programme: buff.ly/Puxm4OL
Discover #CommunityBusinessWeek in the #NorthEast: buff.ly/G3Eu6yl
✅ Newcastle: @starandshadow.bsky.social hosts an open doors weekend! Free music, films & community activities. Full programme: buff.ly/Puxm4OL
Discover #CommunityBusinessWeek in the #NorthEast: buff.ly/G3Eu6yl
Community Business Week 2025
Join Power to Change this Community Business Week to back the businesses that make where we live and work vibrant, resilient and inclusive. We know community...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎬 Ready for the weekend? Here’s what’s coming up for #CommunityBusinessWeek:
✅ Newcastle: @starandshadow.bsky.social hosts an open doors weekend! Free music, films & community activities. Full programme: buff.ly/Puxm4OL
Discover #CommunityBusinessWeek in the #NorthEast: buff.ly/G3Eu6yl
✅ Newcastle: @starandshadow.bsky.social hosts an open doors weekend! Free music, films & community activities. Full programme: buff.ly/Puxm4OL
Discover #CommunityBusinessWeek in the #NorthEast: buff.ly/G3Eu6yl
@nickplumb.bsky.social "Progress on the manifesto commitment to double the size of the coops & mutuals sector is welcome but this must include all community businesses. We know they deliver grassroots growth –contributing £5.8bn to the economy –we’ll make sure they’re part of this promising agenda."
#Coops get a historic call for evidence in Rachel Reeves’ budget and a welcome from the Co-op Group on business rates reform – but there are concerns from employee-owned and community business sectors
Co-ops get a mention in Reeves’ budget – with a mixed welcome from sector
Co-op sector welcomes call for evidence in Reeves budget but there's concern from the employee-owned and community business sectors
www.thenews.coop
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@nickplumb.bsky.social "Progress on the manifesto commitment to double the size of the coops & mutuals sector is welcome but this must include all community businesses. We know they deliver grassroots growth –contributing £5.8bn to the economy –we’ll make sure they’re part of this promising agenda."
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November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🌟 #CommunityBusinessWeek is coming to #Bristol!
From 29 Nov – 5 Dec, we’re celebrating the incredible impact of community businesses across England – and Bristol is at the heart of the action.
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@tristancorkpost.bsky.social @businessnews.bsky.social
From 29 Nov – 5 Dec, we’re celebrating the incredible impact of community businesses across England – and Bristol is at the heart of the action.
👉 buff.ly/6HULYsa
@tristancorkpost.bsky.social @businessnews.bsky.social
Community Business Week 2025
Community Business Week 2025 is a national celebration of the businesses that make our towns,
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌟 #CommunityBusinessWeek is coming to #Bristol!
From 29 Nov – 5 Dec, we’re celebrating the incredible impact of community businesses across England – and Bristol is at the heart of the action.
👉 buff.ly/6HULYsa
@tristancorkpost.bsky.social @businessnews.bsky.social
From 29 Nov – 5 Dec, we’re celebrating the incredible impact of community businesses across England – and Bristol is at the heart of the action.
👉 buff.ly/6HULYsa
@tristancorkpost.bsky.social @businessnews.bsky.social
1/5 📢 Our response to today’s Budget:
"The Chancellor is right to frame her Budget around delivering growth and improving public services, so we all feel the impact: this must include the community businesses driving change in their neighbourhoods...
"The Chancellor is right to frame her Budget around delivering growth and improving public services, so we all feel the impact: this must include the community businesses driving change in their neighbourhoods...
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
1/5 📢 Our response to today’s Budget:
"The Chancellor is right to frame her Budget around delivering growth and improving public services, so we all feel the impact: this must include the community businesses driving change in their neighbourhoods...
"The Chancellor is right to frame her Budget around delivering growth and improving public services, so we all feel the impact: this must include the community businesses driving change in their neighbourhoods...
While Westminster rolls up sleeves, boils kettles, and braces for impact ahead of the 12.30pm Budget, there's time spotlight economic innovators from our recent essay collection. Get inspired by Erika Rushton on how @kindredlcr.bsky.social are doing growth differently.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
While Westminster rolls up sleeves, boils kettles, and braces for impact ahead of the 12.30pm Budget, there's time spotlight economic innovators from our recent essay collection. Get inspired by Erika Rushton on how @kindredlcr.bsky.social are doing growth differently.
Tomorrow’s Budget will see the Chancellor set out tax and spending plans - a tricky sell in a challenging economic landscape.
A new essay by @anooshc.bsky.social explores how a major spending commitment - Pride in Place - could shift the odds for communities turning their local areas around.
A new essay by @anooshc.bsky.social explores how a major spending commitment - Pride in Place - could shift the odds for communities turning their local areas around.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tomorrow’s Budget will see the Chancellor set out tax and spending plans - a tricky sell in a challenging economic landscape.
A new essay by @anooshc.bsky.social explores how a major spending commitment - Pride in Place - could shift the odds for communities turning their local areas around.
A new essay by @anooshc.bsky.social explores how a major spending commitment - Pride in Place - could shift the odds for communities turning their local areas around.
🤝 This month’s story hears how Back on the Map are cultivating change in Hendon, led by local people – revitalising local spaces and building pride across the neighbourhood.
👉 Read the full story here: buff.ly/8fogw6b
👉 Read the full story here: buff.ly/8fogw6b
Back on the Map - Power to Change
Evolving out of the New Deal for Communities in the early 2000s, Back on the Map is a changemaking community business based in Hendon, on the outskirts of S ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🤝 This month’s story hears how Back on the Map are cultivating change in Hendon, led by local people – revitalising local spaces and building pride across the neighbourhood.
👉 Read the full story here: buff.ly/8fogw6b
👉 Read the full story here: buff.ly/8fogw6b
#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#CommunityBusinessWeek kickstarts this weekend on #SmallBusinessSaturday🎉 Download our free toolkit packed with posters, social templates, and press release tips to help you shout about your community business or one you love 👇 https://www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/community-business-week/
NEWSLETTER 🗞️ | Read for November's news, events and opportunities - plus a one-stop shop for everything you need for Community Business Week - which starts this Saturday! Dive in 👇
https://mailchi.mp/powertochange.org.uk/nov25_communitybusinessnews-13702588
https://mailchi.mp/powertochange.org.uk/nov25_communitybusinessnews-13702588
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEWSLETTER 🗞️ | Read for November's news, events and opportunities - plus a one-stop shop for everything you need for Community Business Week - which starts this Saturday! Dive in 👇
https://mailchi.mp/powertochange.org.uk/nov25_communitybusinessnews-13702588
https://mailchi.mp/powertochange.org.uk/nov25_communitybusinessnews-13702588
🤝 What wisdom or advice would you share to help strengthen the community business movement?
🎉 Leave a message on our digital notice board for #CommunityBusinessWeek (29 Nov to 5 Dec) and celebrate the businesses powering local change🎉
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🎉 Leave a message on our digital notice board for #CommunityBusinessWeek (29 Nov to 5 Dec) and celebrate the businesses powering local change🎉
👉https://buff.ly/2Bq5NGW
Share your advice - Power to Change
This Community Business Week, we're celebrating community businesses in all their forms by shining a light on the difference they're making across ...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🤝 What wisdom or advice would you share to help strengthen the community business movement?
🎉 Leave a message on our digital notice board for #CommunityBusinessWeek (29 Nov to 5 Dec) and celebrate the businesses powering local change🎉
👉https://buff.ly/2Bq5NGW
🎉 Leave a message on our digital notice board for #CommunityBusinessWeek (29 Nov to 5 Dec) and celebrate the businesses powering local change🎉
👉https://buff.ly/2Bq5NGW
We’re pleased to see the government prioritising the impact economy through the launch of the new Office for the Impact Economy. It was great to feed into this work and we’re glad to see it being taken seriously at a national level.
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UK opens office to bridge impact and economy | The Observer
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observer.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’re pleased to see the government prioritising the impact economy through the launch of the new Office for the Impact Economy. It was great to feed into this work and we’re glad to see it being taken seriously at a national level.
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#CommunityBusinessWeek is the perfect opportunity to celebrate & promote your community business or one you love! Our toolkit has everything you need to shout about it. Expect ideas, posters, social media templates & even a press release to send to your local news & radio! Get yours: buff.ly/P9g3QkE
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#CommunityBusinessWeek is the perfect opportunity to celebrate & promote your community business or one you love! Our toolkit has everything you need to shout about it. Expect ideas, posters, social media templates & even a press release to send to your local news & radio! Get yours: buff.ly/P9g3QkE
🏆 This #SocialEnterpriseDay, we're celebrating purpose-driven businesses at the Social Economy Awards! We're proud to sponsor the Community Business of the Year award. Best of luck to all the nominees! #SED2025
Take a look at the nominees for each category:
Take a look at the nominees for each category:
The Social Economy Awards 2025 Shortlist🎉 | Social Economy Drive
by iSE Events | Oct 4, 2025
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🏆 This #SocialEnterpriseDay, we're celebrating purpose-driven businesses at the Social Economy Awards! We're proud to sponsor the Community Business of the Year award. Best of luck to all the nominees! #SED2025
Take a look at the nominees for each category:
Take a look at the nominees for each category:
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Went to two talks last night where 'the future' was a big theme. Excellent @powertochange.org.uk event @britishacademy.bsky.social with @anooshc.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social & @hetanshah.bsky.social. Thought calls for more ambitious plans for community biz, tech, housing etc were 🎯.
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Went to two talks last night where 'the future' was a big theme. Excellent @powertochange.org.uk event @britishacademy.bsky.social with @anooshc.bsky.social, @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social & @hetanshah.bsky.social. Thought calls for more ambitious plans for community biz, tech, housing etc were 🎯.
Last night we launched our essay collection at @britishacademy.bsky.social with a bumper panel reflecting ideas from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social describing rewilding as a metaphor for civic renewal to @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social imagining how future data centres could be owned by communities.
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Last night we launched our essay collection at @britishacademy.bsky.social with a bumper panel reflecting ideas from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social describing rewilding as a metaphor for civic renewal to @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social imagining how future data centres could be owned by communities.
Day 3 of #SED2025, & we're joining the ‘Place’ panel, discussing how the social economy provides place-based solutions for resilient communities. Discover our insights for yourself in 'Lessons in Local Growth' - a blueprint for regional authorities to drive inclusive growth:
Lessons in local growth - Power to Change
‘Lessons in local growth’ highlights how strategic authorities can harness the power of the social economy to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growt ...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Day 3 of #SED2025, & we're joining the ‘Place’ panel, discussing how the social economy provides place-based solutions for resilient communities. Discover our insights for yourself in 'Lessons in Local Growth' - a blueprint for regional authorities to drive inclusive growth:
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Check out Community Business Week from @powertochange.org.uk
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Community Business Week - Power to Change
This Community Business Week, we're celebrating community businesses in all their forms by shining a light on the difference they're making across ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Check out Community Business Week from @powertochange.org.uk
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
29 November - 5 December
www.powertochange.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
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A pleasure to be at @powertochange.org.uk’s launch of their From The Ground Up essay collection tonight, and an honour to have been asked to contribute.
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A pleasure to be at @powertochange.org.uk’s launch of their From The Ground Up essay collection tonight, and an honour to have been asked to contribute.
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
www.powertochange.org.uk/event/event-...
1/4 Today we've published our new essay collection. 'From the ground up: Community business & Britain’s next decade' marks a decade of progress for community business and Power to Change and presents bold ideas for a brighter, more connected future: buff.ly/XiNc26W
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
1/4 Today we've published our new essay collection. 'From the ground up: Community business & Britain’s next decade' marks a decade of progress for community business and Power to Change and presents bold ideas for a brighter, more connected future: buff.ly/XiNc26W
🧵 On day 2 of #SED2025, we're sharing a blueprint for regional authorities looking to drive inclusive growth that can be felt in people’s everyday lives. Discover what we learned through growing social economies in West Mids, North East & Liverpool. Read Lessons in Local Growth: buff.ly/rDo5wpg
Ten practical lessons in local growth - Power to Change
‘Lessons in local growth’ highlights how strategic authorities can harness the power of the social economy to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growt ...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🧵 On day 2 of #SED2025, we're sharing a blueprint for regional authorities looking to drive inclusive growth that can be felt in people’s everyday lives. Discover what we learned through growing social economies in West Mids, North East & Liverpool. Read Lessons in Local Growth: buff.ly/rDo5wpg
🏅🧵 We're honoured that the We're Right Here campaign was awarded highly commended in Best Campaign category at the Smart Thinking Awards. @right-here.org aims to close the gap between politics and ordinary people and put the power to make local decisions in the hands of local people: buff.ly/UqSbZhF
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🏅🧵 We're honoured that the We're Right Here campaign was awarded highly commended in Best Campaign category at the Smart Thinking Awards. @right-here.org aims to close the gap between politics and ordinary people and put the power to make local decisions in the hands of local people: buff.ly/UqSbZhF
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From pubs and farms to libraries and community centres - #CommunityBusinessWeek invites everyone to discover their local community business.
Want to showcase what you’re all about to your community? Download our free digital toolkit with everything you need to get started: buff.ly/B0imTBK 👇
Want to showcase what you’re all about to your community? Download our free digital toolkit with everything you need to get started: buff.ly/B0imTBK 👇
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This Community Business Week, we're celebrating community businesses in all their forms by shining a light on the difference they're making across ...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
From pubs and farms to libraries and community centres - #CommunityBusinessWeek invites everyone to discover their local community business.
Want to showcase what you’re all about to your community? Download our free digital toolkit with everything you need to get started: buff.ly/B0imTBK 👇
Want to showcase what you’re all about to your community? Download our free digital toolkit with everything you need to get started: buff.ly/B0imTBK 👇