What is a Community Business?

Communities come together and set up community businesses to address challenges they face together. There are many types of community businesses. They can be shops, farms or wellbeing projects among many other types of business.

In order to be considered as a community business, your project or idea must fit the following criteria:

  • They are rooted in a particular geographical place and respond to local needs.
  • They trade for the benefit of the local people and profits are invested into the community.
  • They have broad community impact by engaging with different groups and address different needs.
  • Local people have an active role in how the business operates and help make decisions.
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Case Studies

  • Cecil Green Arts

    Published On: 7 December 2021

    CECIL GREEN ARTS IS AN ARTIST LED ORGANISATION BASED IN BRADFORD THAT WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES TO CREATE STREET THEATRE AND EVENTS SPECIALISING IN LARGE SCALE LANTERNS AND PUPPETS.

    Cecil Green Arts’ mission is to place celebratory, inclusive and high-quality outdoor arts at the centre of every community within Bradford District and beyond. We aim to inspire […]

  • Bradford Youth Development Partnership

    Published On: 7 December 2021

    Bradford Youth Development Partnership (BYDP) work with young people aged 8-30 years, across the Bradford District and north of England. BYDP is a fun and creative organisation looking to develop new projects and new partnerships. BYDP has been impacting on the lives of young people for positive change since 1999.

    BYDP supports other charities by raising […]

  • Sunnah Sports Academy Trust

    Published On: 7 December 2021

    Sunnah Sports Academy Trust is a registered charity that has a plethora of regular sports activities available for all; the young and old; the able and disabled; the active and inactive.
    Activities range from archery, boxing, self defence, fencing, wall ball and tennis – to name a few. All delivered by qualified male and female coaches.

    Manningham, […]

  • Millan Centre

    Published On: 7 December 2021

    The Millan Centre is a community centre for women and girls. We run educational, social and health related activities for women and girls in the Manningham and Heaton area of Bradford.

    Millan Centre is a charitable organisation and a company limited by guarantee. The registered office is at the Centre. There are six members of the […]