Community ownership of assets, 2008

Community ownership and management of assets, JRF, 2008

A review of evidence on community organisations owning or managing assets, including buildings and land

This report

• Reviews the evidence on the scale of this activity, the benefits that arise and the factors that support it happening.
  sums up UK policy and funding initiatives;
• Looks at the risks and barriers involved in asset ownership;
• Gives perspectives from practitioners in this field;
• Briefly reviews international perspectives;
• Discusses the differences in the assets agenda in the four countries of the UK;
• Presents proposals on ways to address the gaps in evidence.