This report provides a summary of the findings from the first year of the Community Shares Programme, a two-year action-research project funded by the Office of the Third Sector and the Department for Communities and Local Government working in partnership with the Development Trusts Association and Co-operativesUK

The Community Shares Programme is a two-year action-research project funded by the Office of the Third Sector and the Department for Communities and Local Government working in partnership with the Development Trusts Association and Co-operativesUK. The purpose of this programme is to investigate how members of the public can invest in enterprises serving a community purpose.

The programme was launched in January 2009 and has since contributed to the rapid growth of interest a activity in community investment.

The Community Shares Programme: One year on provides a summary of the findings from the first year of the programme.

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