A thriving high street needs community businesses. In turn, these businesses need an investment ecosystem that values and waits for social (not just financial) return: one that provides a leg-up to unlock buildings and fill them with amazing, impactful ideas. Here’s how an initiative in the Liverpool City Region is getting it right…

To enable more community businesses to access town centre property, the council needs to be an unblocker: a partner that trusts its local business leaders and helps them secure space. Here’s an example from the Wirral that shows us how.

How to develop a social impact agreement / social value lease, with free Heads of Terms template & Principles for working together.

Finding impactful local occupiers for your high street buildings is a powerful way to reduce vacancies and meet your ESG objectives.

A practical workshop to learn more about the Platform Places process and how to start a Local Property Partnership

A new future for our high streets is urgently needed.

Power to Change’s new report with Shieffield Hallam University, ‘Community businesses and high streets: ‘taking back’ and leading forward’ with Sheffield Hallam University, proposes three actions could make all the difference.