Publications

This flier gives an overview of Carnegie's Rural Programme in 2009.

The Rural Programme helps rural communities across the UK and Ireland to respond to and influence social, environmental and economic change. We work to ensure that rural priorities are fully recognised by decision-makers.

This practical report takes an in-depth look into community-led service provision in rural areas.  It concludes a three year action research project by Carnegie partners, Atlantis Leisure.  Based on their experience of running an extremely successful community enterprise, the study examines the background of Atlantis leisure as well as three other case studies- Shannon Swimming and Leisure Centre, Chipping and District Memorial Hall and Kilwinning Sports Club. 

The rural strand of the recent Community Land Trust National Demonstration Programme was funded by Carnegie UK Trust, the Housing Corporation and the Commission for Rural Communities. This report, published April 2008 and launched at the 2008 National CLT conference, forms the final output of the programme.

This report has been developed as part of the Carnegie UK Trust’s interest in how civil society associations apply and engage with power and influence. The report tells the stories of four recent policy decisions and examines the role of civil society associations in influencing the decision. 

This report summarises the findings of the following two reports: The shape of civil society to come & Scenarios for civil society. Both reports are available in full on this website. Hard copies can be requested from morven@carnegieuk.org

This report analyses the drivers of change and how they might affect civil society, looking out to 2025. Drivers of change are forces (social, technological, economic, environmental, political or organisational) that may affect civil society for good or ill. Hard copies of this report can be requested from morven@carnegieuk.org

Drawing on the findings of the report 'The shape of civil society to come', this report describes a number of scenarios that are designed to illustrate what the future might hold for civil society, looking out to 2025. The purpose of the scenarios are to stimulate further deliberation about what actions might need to be taken now to take advantage of emerging opportunities or diminish possible threats to civil society. Hard copies of this report can be requested from morven@carnegieuk.org

As a member of the Woburn Place Collaborative, the Carnegie UK Trust commissioned Steven Burkeman to: explore the degree of urgency which trusts and foundations attach to working on the social justice implications of climate change; identify the kinds of interventions to which foundations might be willing to contribute; and identify the degree to which they might be willing to collaborate.  

Our latest Annual Report (published 2008), detailing the activities of the Trust through 2007. You can download the report in PDF format via the link below.

The Woburn Place Collaborative has published 'Just Change: Strategies for increasing philanthropic impact'. The report aims to encourage discussion of how philanthropy can contribute to achieving longer term systemic change with impact beyond immediate grantees, and inspire practice. The report illustrates a number of case studies which highlight some recurring themes in how foundations work and what they need to look for, and fund, in grant recipient partners if they want to contribute to achievement of wider, longer term impact.

Click below to download this report. For further information about this publication or to receive a hard copy of the report please contact the Association of Charitable Foundations on 020 7255 4499 or email acf@acf.org.uk.