Stories - Place Matters

Case Study

Lessons on UK Field Building from Farming the Future

Bonnie Hewson, Director at Farming the Future, is a leading thinker in UK philanthropy and place-based change work. We caught up with her to discuss the journey, aims and challenges further.

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Blog

Building the Infrastructure for Community-Led Change: Why we need know-how, now

This blog was co-written by Emily Sun, Jo Blundell, and Steff O'Keeffe

Blog

The unique capabilities of infrastructure teams

Our Place-based Learning and Practice Lead, Stephanie O'Keeffe reflects on the experience of leading a local infrastructure (or “backbone”) team.

Collective Impact for Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

Collective Impact 3.0 by Tamarack Institute

As part of Tamarack Institute's Community Change Series 2016, Mark Cabaj and Liz Weaver put forward fresh thinking around five ways to build the next iteration of the Collective Impact Framework.

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More Than Infrastructure by Place Matters

Read the Place Matters 2021 report on how to enable place based working. This report was written collaboratively by John Hitchin, Emily Sun, Jo Blundell and Jennifer McConnel.

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Centering Equity in Collective Impact for Stanford Social Innovation Review

Article for the Standford Social Innovation Review by J. Kania, J. Williams, P. Schmitz, S. Brady, M Kramer & J Splansky Juster reports on using the collective impact approach and how it has taught them equity is key.

Framework : Theory of Place and Systems Change

Our Theory of Place is a developing framework that explores the complexity, nuances and stages of place-based work.

Framework : Funder Role Continuum

Our Funder Role Continuum is a developing framework that encourages funders to consider what they want the role and influence of their funding to be.

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Historical Review of Place-based Change by Lankelly Chase

This report presents the findings from an historical review of place based approaches to change. Written by Habiba Nabatu for Lankelly Chase Foundation.