This map captures place-based projects that are tackling systemic challenges in collaboration with communities and local stakeholders e.g. Local Authorities. It draws on data from 15 funders listed in in dropdown menu below. It includes projects whose grants were active in Quarter One 2024.
The map will be updated annually. If you want us to include your work in the next version or make any changes to the information in the current map please email us at admin@placematters.co.uk
Where did the idea to create a map come from and who is it for?
The idea came from a group of place-based funders who are exploring opportunities to collaborate more closely. They identified the usefulness of sharing information about what projects each were currently funding to better understand where there are common interests around beneficiaries, impact goals, geography and organisations being funded.
It was agreed that the map would be more generally useful to a broader group of people and projects doing this work and Place Matters who has created the map would publish it on our website.
Why isn't my project on the map?
Most of the data has come from your funder, but we may have missed projects that should be in the map. If you think your project was missed off in error please let us know at admin@placematters.co.uk and we'll look into with you and your funder.
The data on my project is wrong what do I do?
We have tried to validate the accuracy of the data with each funder and project team before publishing it, but if you spot inaccuracies drop us an email at admin@placematters.co.uk explaining what needs to change and we'll make the change as soon as we can.
How will the map be used?
In addition to providing a snapshot of systemic place-based working we hope that it will be a means through which people and projects tackling similar challenges can connect. Place Matters will also be inviting teams to come together from time to time to enable these connections and share their learning and experience.
Funders tell us they will use the map to see where other funders are supporting projects and places so they can make better informed funding choices.
How were the projects identified and the data captured?
The projects are those funded by the group of funders identified in the dropdown box in the map. Funders provided information from their grants database and each project were given the opportunity to edit the data before the map went live. We are happy to make changes at the request of funders or projects if data in inaccurate at Q1 2024 when the snapshot was captured.
We hope to include a broader range of projects in the next iteration and are keen via admin@placematters.co.uk to hear from projects tackling systemic challenges alongside the community and other co-collaborators whose work will be live in Q1 2025 when we will next update the map.
What data has been collected from projects?
In addition to data included in the map we have captured other data that we are sharing in a report that you can access here/below (check on the website format). We hope the report helps decision makers understand the landscape of systemic place-based work and see opportunities to provide better support.
Notes to the data per funder
Impact on Urban Health
- Spend is at programme level covering all projects funded for that programme
- The programmes run for 10 years but the projects run for a shorter period
- Spend and programme summaries are for the period up to Dec 2023
- Spend includes research and national routes to impact (to achieve local change), and hence a proportion will have involved spend outside of Lambeth & Southwark
Rank Foundation
The work in Plymouth and Dundee are programmes where funding is deployed to multiple organisations.
