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Ahead of local elections, new polling reveals more than a third of people think local government should be given more power to solve issues in their areas. A new joint report from the partners in the RORE (Reclaiming our Regional Economies) programme sets out the poll's findings and makes the... read more →

Centre for Thriving Places (CTP) has announced a new project with support from Triodos Bank UK and Carnegie UK to amplify and celebrate the progress being made to embed wellbeing economics. Across the UK, local government, business and community groups are fuelling a revolution and reclaiming their local economies. When... read more →

CTP JOINS MAJOR NEW £8m RESEARCH PROGRAMME We are delighted to announce that CTP is to play a key role in a new major research programme, led by the University of Bath, to better understand and influence the impact of big business on all of our lives.  For many years... read more →

Last Wednesday, the Chancellor spent quite a lot of his spring budget speech talking about ‘productivity’ and growth. By coincidence, many miles north of Westminster in Yorkshire, CTP and our partners at CLES were also exploring routes to productivity and growth. Here we explore the very different visions of those... read more →

We’re excited to welcome another team member to our growing CTP family. Richard Fowler, our new Project and Finance Administrator, will be looking after CTP’s admin and finance needs and projects, supporting both the team and our clients. In his welcome blog he outlines his pathway to this role and... read more →

Dynamic partnership for rewiring regional economies moves up a gear Throughout 2023 CTP has been working with partners laying the foundations for a radical long-term change programme in three of England's major Combined Authority areas. Reclaiming Our Regional Economies (RORE) is a five year partnership to help rewire local and... read more →

We’re thrilled to welcome Adekemi Omisakin to the CTP team as our new Data Analyst and Researcher. Adekemi brings a wealth of expertise, from public health to counselling to research analysis and design. Below she shares some of the diverse pathways that led her to CTP. I’m excited to have... read more →

We earmarked January to publish this blog about hope (below). Then Keir Starmer launched Labour’s election campaign, using the title Project Hope. If hope is to become an election buzzword in 2024, we believe it’s vital to keep defining it as something more than a political soundbite – something that signifies... read more →

In a world facing a climate emergency, a group of extraordinary individuals has emerged. Not the Avengers, but a different kind of heroism — a community of the world’s mightiest citizens, joining forces to combat climate change through brilliant ideas, localised solutions and working together. Like many others, I am... read more →

In his Autumn statement the Chancellor set out a budget aimed at growing the parts of the economy that grow GDP, and moving more people who are out of work into jobs. But will these measures generate the jobs we need in places that need them? Is there a commitment... read more →