How do we pay for the civic life we need?
How do we pay for the civic life we need?
How do we pay for the civic life we need?
Across Britain, something vital has been lost. The clubs, associations, networks, and infrastructure of civic life have been depleted. We see the results everywhere: in loneliness and poor health, overwhelmed public services, and a febrile politics. For years, we neglected community. Now, we are paying the price.
Civilc decline
Community life has been hollowed out over decades across Britain
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT
Across Britain, something vital has been lost. The clubs, associations, networks, and infrastructure of civic life have been depleted. We see the results everywhere: in loneliness and poor health, overwhelmed public services, and a febrile politics. For years, we neglected community. Now, we are paying the price.
Civilc decline
Community life has been hollowed out over decades across Britain
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT
Across Britain, something vital has been lost. The clubs, associations, networks, and infrastructure of civic life have been depleted. We see the results everywhere: in loneliness and poor health, overwhelmed public services, and a febrile politics. For years, we neglected community. Now, we are paying the price.
Civilc decline
Community life has been hollowed out over decades across Britain
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT
The good news is, we know how to turn these trends around. From pioneering places like Grimsby and Plymouth, to initiatives like Power to Change and Big Local, we have seen what strong civic capacity looks like, and how it can be rebuilt. There is now a growing appetite, across government, philanthropy, and business, to support civic renewal.
The work has begun
Across Britain, work is underway to revive community life
The good news is, we know how to turn these trends around. From pioneering places like Grimsby and Plymouth, to initiatives like Power to Change and Big Local, we have seen what strong civic capacity looks like, and how it can be rebuilt. There is now a growing appetite, across government, philanthropy, and business, to support civic renewal.
The work has begun
Across Britain, work is underway to revive community life
The good news is, we know how to turn these trends around. From pioneering places like Grimsby and Plymouth, to initiatives like Power to Change and Big Local, we have seen what strong civic capacity looks like, and how it can be rebuilt. There is now a growing appetite, across government, philanthropy, and business, to support civic renewal.
The work has begun
Across Britain, work is underway to revive community life
One question remains unanswered: how do we fund this work at the scale required? Reversing decades of decline will need billions of investment, sustained for years - not piecemeal grants, or programmes that are prioritised one day and forgotten the next. We need an enduring settlement that is resilient, and that fosters a culture of active citizenship.
The funding gap
We know what works, but lack national-scale funding solutions
EXPLORE THE OPTIONS
One question remains unanswered: how do we fund this work at the scale required? Reversing decades of decline will need billions of investment, sustained for years - not piecemeal grants, or programmes that are prioritised one day and forgotten the next. We need an enduring settlement that is resilient, and that fosters a culture of active citizenship.
The funding gap
We know what works, but lack national-scale funding solutions
EXPLORE THE OPTIONS
One question remains unanswered: how do we fund this work at the scale required? Reversing decades of decline will need billions of investment, sustained for years - not piecemeal grants, or programmes that are prioritised one day and forgotten the next. We need an enduring settlement that is resilient, and that fosters a culture of active citizenship.
The funding gap
We know what works, but lack national-scale funding solutions
EXPLORE THE OPTIONS
The original Marshall Plan is a model to learn from. When America helped to rebuild Europe after World War II, it did so at a massive scale. But the Marshall Plan was about more than money; it was also a philosophy and an architecture - a way to explain the need for investment and to make it coherent. After decades of civic decline, we something similar: an architecture for catalytic investment in the work of civic renewal
A framework for investment
We need an enduring settlement, for a decade of civic renewal
The original Marshall Plan is a model to learn from. When America helped to rebuild Europe after World War II, it did so at a massive scale. But the Marshall Plan was about more than money; it was also a philosophy and an architecture - a way to explain the need for investment and to make it coherent. After decades of civic decline, we something similar: an architecture for catalytic investment in the work of civic renewal
A framework for investment
We need an enduring settlement, for a decade of civic renewal
The original Marshall Plan is a model to learn from. When America helped to rebuild Europe after World War II, it did so at a massive scale. But the Marshall Plan was about more than money; it was also a philosophy and an architecture - a way to explain the need for investment and to make it coherent. After decades of civic decline, we something similar: an architecture for catalytic investment in the work of civic renewal
A framework for investment
We need an enduring settlement, for a decade of civic renewal
THE MARSHALL PLAN FOR CIVIC LIFE is a landmark programme of research and deliberation to develop this framework. It has been launched by Kinship Works and Demos as an open invitation - we are building a coalition, working together to develop a sustainable funding settlement for the revival of civic life in Britain.
You can read more here about the programme’s scope and initial areas of interest.
The Marshall Plan
for Civic Life
LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
THE MARSHALL PLAN FOR CIVIC LIFE is a landmark programme of research and deliberation to develop this framework. It has been launched by Kinship Works and Demos as an open invitation - we are building a coalition, working together to develop a sustainable funding settlement for the revival of civic life in Britain.
You can read more here about the programme’s scope and initial areas of interest. work here.
The Marshall Plan
for Civic Life
LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
THE MARSHALL PLAN FOR CIVIC LIFE is a landmark programme of research and deliberation to develop this framework. It has been launched by Kinship Works and Demos as an open invitation - we are building a coalition, working together to develop a sustainable funding settlement for the revival of civic life in Britain.
You can read more here about the programme’s scope and initial areas of interest. work here.
The Marshall Plan
for Civic Life
LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
