Community-Led High Street Innovators

Are you working to make a community-led high street project a reality? Power to Change is looking to collaborate with a small number of community businesses that are working on innovative ways to renew their local high streets and town centres.

Power To Change are seeking to collaborate with community businesses that can demonstrate the potential of communities to lead change and take an active role in revitalising their local high street or town centre.

Power To Change are particularly interested in innovators who are working to:

• enable communities to take space on the high street or town centre, whether through meanwhile use, lease or community ownership, or
• enable communities to have a greater say in the governance of their high street or town centre.

What's on offer?

• Investment between £25,000 – £50,000 to help you implement your idea
• Peer networking and learning with other innovators and placemaking experts
• Opportunities to engage in national policy and advocacy work

Who can apply?

Power To Change are looking to collaborate with community businesses in England which are operating on a high street or in a town centre, or are looking to expand existing operations onto a high street or into a town centre.

You must be able to commit to working actively on community-led solutions to your high street or town centre’s regeneration over 12 months, starting in April 2025. You must also be willing to be part of the Community-Led High Street Innovators learning partnership. This involves meeting (virtually or in person) with Power to Change and other innovators to learn from your experience. There are also opportunities to support Power to Change’s high street policy work and share your own ideas inspired by your work.

In addition to meeting the characteristics of a community business, Power to Change can only invest in organisations which are incorporated, have a charitable purpose and meet a charitable need, and benefit the public.