Beyond Asset Transfer

• 13th Dec 2021
• Community Wealth Building, Finance

As the project was being completed, the UK was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Our member Councils and their partner community organisations found themselves at the centre of their local response.

With this in mind, the CCIN realised that it was important that the findings considered and reflected the implications of the pandemic. CCIN secured the additional support of Affiliate Members Mutual Ventures and Bates Wells to help with this by reviewing and revising the report. Newcastle City Council led an initial call for evidence to all CCIN members in 2018. Nine councils and eleven community organisations across England, Scotland and Wales responded.

The responses covered a wide variety of transfers – big and small – including community centres and halls, libraries, sports facilities and swimming pools, and other local facilities. Mutual Ventures made a second request for information from members in autumn 2020. This built on the earlier work and also looked at the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on community assets. Mutual Ventures spoke with 15 councils and community groups and held an interactive workshop with members.

The final report is a product of the original research from Newcastle City Council, updates and revision by Mutual Ventures, and a legal review by Bates Wells

• Beyond Asset Transfer

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