Our Work

Coalition for Impact

Coalition 4 Impact is a successor programme building on the same theme explored by Community Anchor Organisations (CAOs) with Ready2Level – how CAOs can develop active agency and input into the East Birmingham Inclusive Growth Strategy. Nine CAOs were grant aided, again from East Birmingham to work in a cohort of there across three Inclusive Growth Quarters.

All images courtesy of Iza Korsak

Programme Overview

The Coalition 4 Impact community organisations include:

Sport Quarter 

  1. Saheli Trust

  1. Birmingham City Community Foundation

  2. Dream Chaser

Green Innovation Quarter

  1. Acocks Greener

  2. Hay Mills Community Foundation

  3. Ashiana Community project

Knowledge Quarter

  1. Legacy Centre of Excellence

  2. Free at Last

  3. Initiative for Social Entrepreneurs

The programme runs over nine months starting from September 2024 running until April 2025 and includes four Collaborative Learning events, a Look and see visit for each of the Quarters, eighteen community meetings and an end of programme conference. Working in each Quarter the CAOs are producing a detailed set of community economic maps from which they will develop one Investable Proposition that has the potential to come to fruition and access sustainable funding.

In addition, each CAO including the R2L cohort are eligible to access a package of tailored support on business viability and governance from a commissioned expert provider. Running alongside the quarter-based projects a themed inquiry is taking place around women led economic development with four of the R2L CAOs.

Finally, a bespoke social research project is being undertaken reviewing the impact of capacity building community organisations and the role this can play in supporting inclusive growth. The overall programme will deliver a comprehensive set of community economic maps, a vision and strategic appraisal of each Quarter’s potential for collaboratively fuelled inclusive growth and ten investable propositions with all CAOs accessing learning, development, and support. As with R2L all work will be published on the bespoke Learning Platform:  coalition4Impact.org.uk

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