<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>The new £10 million Community Business Fund opens on <b>26 April</b>. If you are applying for Power to Change funding, it’s important to understand what is meant by the term "community business". The four key features that Power to Change look for in a community business are:</div><div><ul><li>Local roots: They are rooted in a particular place and respond to its needs. For example, Granby Four Streets is the driving force behind community-led regeneration in Liverpool.<br></li></ul><ul><li>Trading for community benefit: They are businesses. Their income comes from things like renting out space in their buildings, trading as cafés, selling produce they grow or generating energy. For example, the Burton Street Foundation in Sheffield.<br></li></ul><ul><li>Community control: They are accountable to local people. This can be through formal structures such as a community share offer that creates members who have a voice in the direction’s business or through more informal routes such as regular surveys and deep engagement. For example, The Angler’s Rest pub is controlled by members of Bamford Community Society.<br></li></ul><ul><li>Community impact: They benefit and impact their local community as a whole. They often morph into the hub of a neighbourhood, where all types of local groups gather, for example to access broadband or get training in vital life skills. For example, Homebaked community bakery provides employment and training for local people.<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>For more information: <a href="http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/community-business-fund/" target="_blank">http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/community-business-fund/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>\\\</div><div><br></div><div>Community Media Association<img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="font-size:12.8px"></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" color="#0000ff">Book your tickets now for the Community Media Conference 2016: <a href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</a></font></b><br></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px"><br></b></div></font></span></font></span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div></div></div>
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