We help you measure and grow the things that really matter to all our lives, such as good health, secure livelihoods, decent housing, opportunities for learning, social connections and support, green spaces and clean air.
We work with you to understand and map the routes to developing a thriving place. We do this by combining the best existing data and evidence with the wisdom and knowledge of local changemakers.
Our Research and Insight services include:
Expanding Evidence and Learnings:
Working with partners to:
- Build transferable evidence and practical insights on what works to grow a thriving place.
- Influence and inform decisions and decision makers and those seeking to unlock and accelerate change across sectors.
- Develop partnerships and collaborations that advance thinking in new directions.
Applied Research and Analysis with Places:
Working with places to:
- Maximise value from available evidence and data.
- Develop and deliver bespoke research programmes to inform policy, strategy and measurement.
- Support places to identify their own unique learnings.
Thriving Places Toolkit
Our teams provide a range of products and tools to help navigate the pathway to a thriving place, these include:
- Thriving Places Framework: Evidence-based map of the key interconnected conditions a place needs to thrive with guidance on indicators to measure.
- Thriving Places Database: Database of wellbeing indicator data for local authorities across England and Wales from reputable official and expert sources.
- Thriving Places Index: CTP’s flagship analysis of how places across the country perform against key drivers of wellbeing of people and planet.
- Thriving Places Survey Builder: Flexible survey tool to understand the lived experience in places and of specific groups.
Please get in touch at enquiries@centreforthivingplaces.org to find out more about how we can help you transform your place.