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How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities

Gavin Haines

created: Feb. 5, 2026, 4:40 p.m. | updated: Feb. 16, 2026, 9:56 a.m.

“With everything that’s going on in the world today, having something like this is a powerful thing,” says Roisin Tobin-Brooke, co-director of Bristol Community Ferry Boats. Almost 900 people bought into a subsequent share offer in 2013, enabling Bristol Community Ferry Boats to acquire the vessels and get them ship shape. It’s a lovely environment, very intergenerational.”Take A Bow, a performing arts charity based south of Glasgow, refurbished their disused community centre. It’s the only community centre in the area – we have breathed new life into it. Main image: Skipper Steve Pope with Roisin Tobin-Brooke, co-director of Bristol Community Ferry Boat.

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