As we develop our community’s hub we want to be guided by what has worked elsewhere and we want to aim for excellence. No community deserves less. We’re committed to sharing what we learn from others and ourselves. Let this be the beginnings of a Community Hubs Centre of Excellence!
The starting point for this page is what we can learn from others.
We invite you to delve in to the research to help shape our hub in Bearwood or your community space elsewhere. Got something to add? Please email hello@bearwood.cc. Perhaps in time we can create a wiki-site where anyone can contribute easily.
Hubs: WHat works
Power To Change Research Institute Report 14: What works: successful community hubs
Locality: How to set up, run and sustain a community hub to transform local service provision.
Local Trust: Community Hubs - understanding survival and success
hubs: Impact research
Wellbeing What Works: Places, Spaces, People and wellbeing
Community Hubs Australia: The importance of hubs as community spaces for migrant and refugee populations (in Australia)
sustainable local economies
Centre for Local Economic Strategies: Owning the Future (post-pandemic)
What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth
Rethinking how we support and grow the social enterprise economy, an opinion piece by Carole Donnelly.
New Philanthropy Capital: how non-health charities address the social determinants of health
What Works Wellbeing: Loneliness and isolation; relationships to others; places and community
More to follow…