Renaisi was set up in 1998 to work in, with and for deprived neighbourhoods. Our definition of deprivation and scale of work was very much of its time – an era of significant government investment – and a focus on neighbourhoods drove our work. While much has changed in the intervening twenty years, not least
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Renaisi continues to work with the Power to Change Trust to evaluate their community initiatives, in partnership with MyCake and Close-Up Research. Evaluation of community business funds Renaisi will evaluate the Community Business Fund, Trade Up, and Bright Ideas Fund. Renaisi’s evaluation team will use a mixed methods approach, including quantitative analysis of programme and external
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The ‘Increasing Youth Social Action in Place’ report makes recommendations for funders to work in ‘place-informed’ ways to embed youth social action sustainably. The report was produced by Renaisi as part of our work for the #iwill Fund Learning Hub, which is led by the Dartington Service Design Lab. Renaisi and the Lab worked with #iwill
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Renaisi is delighted to be supporting two flagship government programmes that seek to give local people more opportunity to be involved in finding and delivering solutions to local issues. Renaisi will help community partnerships understand and share their impact Place Based Social Action (PBSA) is a joint £4.5m programme between the Department for Digital, Culture,
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This short working paper is about community businesses, the places that they exist in and how those two things interact. It aims to explore evidence about their relationship in three broad question areas: The paper was written by Renaisi CEO, John Hitchin, as part of an evaluation and learning review of Power to Change’s Community
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