Transferring the power to change

By Abby Gilbert | 16 November 2016

As local authorities rationalise their assets as a result of financial pressures and service adaptation, there are opportunities to use them to develop a different relationship with local people.

Our latest report, A Common Interest, commissioned by Power to Change, explores how some authorities are harnessing the potential of their communities to give these assets new life – and in turn, support a transformation of the social contract they share with their residents.

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