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Ahead of local elections, new polling reveals more than a third of people think local government should be given more power to solve issues in their areas. A new joint... read more →

Centre for Thriving Places (CTP) has announced a new project with support from Triodos Bank UK and Carnegie UK to amplify and celebrate the progress being made to embed wellbeing... read more →

CTP JOINS MAJOR NEW £8m RESEARCH PROGRAMME We are delighted to announce that CTP is to play a key role in a new major research programme, led by the University... read more →

Last Wednesday, the Chancellor spent quite a lot of his spring budget speech talking about ‘productivity’ and growth. By coincidence, many miles north of Westminster in Yorkshire, CTP and our... read more →

We’re excited to welcome another team member to our growing CTP family. Richard Fowler, our new Project and Finance Administrator, will be looking after CTP’s admin and finance needs and... read more →

Dynamic partnership for rewiring regional economies moves up a gear Throughout 2023 CTP has been working with partners laying the foundations for a radical long-term change programme in three of... read more →

We’re thrilled to welcome Adekemi Omisakin to the CTP team as our new Data Analyst and Researcher. Adekemi brings a wealth of expertise, from public health to counselling to research... read more →

We earmarked January to publish this blog about hope (below). Then Keir Starmer launched Labour’s election campaign, using the title Project Hope. If hope is to become an election buzzword in... read more →

In a world facing a climate emergency, a group of extraordinary individuals has emerged. Not the Avengers, but a different kind of heroism — a community of the world’s mightiest... read more →

In his Autumn statement the Chancellor set out a budget aimed at growing the parts of the economy that grow GDP, and moving more people who are out of work... read more →