People in Place

Corra believes that when people find their voice, they unlock the power to make change happen. We know funding has an important role to play in this process but recognise that supporting communities to make big changes requires a sustained and collective effort.

Established in 2014, the People in Place programme develops and delivers long-term place-based work alongside local people and partners with a focus on collaboration, co-production and community leadership.

Corra’s two current place-based approaches are outlined below. Whilst operating at different scales, both approaches share key characteristics – including increasing participation, access to space, resources and skilled staff – and support communities to create the conditions and connections needed for bold change to happen.

children and adult smiling and eating together at a community lunch

Getting Alongside Communities

Our approach to working alongside smaller towns and neighbourhoods. Find out more about Getting Alongside Communities.

every one every day shop front with space for community members to come in for a cuppa

Participatory Scotland

Our whole-place approach for larger towns, cities and local authority areas. Find out more about Participatory Scotland.

Our partners

Collaboration is at the heart of good place-based working and underpins the People in Place programme. To date, over £1.5m investment in the work has been matched by combined funding from four other independent foundations, including long-term partnerships with Tudor Trust and Lankelly Chase.

Corra continues to build funding collaboratives involving cross sector partners with a shared commitment to investing in and learning from the work.

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Influencing

In addition to supporting positive change in communities, learning from People in Place has contributed to the increasingly prominent role of ‘Place’ in the Scottish and UK policy landscape.

Corra’s Place-based Working project influenced the Scottish Government and CoSLA’s adoption of the Place Principle . The project also produced a range of reports and resources to support others in place-based working.

We have established regular local authority communities of learning and the Place-Based Learning Exchange. Learning from the People in Place programme has also been included in Corra’s policy responses.

Further reading and related content

We’ve included some links below to stories from the communities we work alongside, key learning pieces, and more information on place-based working. We’re always happy to chat with others interested in exlporing place-based learning – please drop us a message at place@corra.scot.

Fetaured Image Democracy Matters - Corra Comms Team

Response to Community Learning and Development Consultation

Fetaured Image Democracy Matters - Corra Comms Team

Democracy Matters Corra Response