The Carnegie Plan for Better Journalism

The Carnegie UK Trust has a long-standing interest in news media and its critical role in a democratic society. In February 2012, the Trust published a new report – Better Journalism in the Digital Age – written by Carnegie Fellow Blair Jenkins OBE.  This Carnegie Plan for Better Journalism s...

Rural Development Networks - Full Report

Rural development networks play an important role in building community capacity.  However, within the current climate of austerity and public spending cuts across the UK and Ireland, rural development networks and the communities they represent are presented with a challenging future. This re...

Rural Development Networks - Executive Summary

Rural development networks play an important role in building community capacity.  However, within the current climate of austerity and public spending cuts across the UK and Ireland, rural development networks and the communities they represent are presented with a challenging future. This re...

Better Journalism in the Digital Age

Journalism is a profession based on trust. People need to know that the news they are viewing, or listening to, or reading is fair and accurate and honest. In the end, journalists have to be proud and protective of their ethical and editorial standards, built on the secure foundations of integrit...

Better Journalism in the Digital Age (Executive Summary)

Journalism is a profession based on trust. People need to know that the news they are viewing, or listening to, or reading is fair and accurate and honest. In the end, journalists have to be proud and protective of their ethical and editorial standards, built on the secure foundations of integrit...

The Effectiveness of Rural Housing Burdens: Research Report

Finding effective mechanisms to secure affordable homes and then retain their ‘affordability’ is a key rural policy challenge. It is an essential component of the Carnegie UK Trust’s work on Community Land Trusts, and an important element of the Trust’s People and Place policy theme. This rep...

The Effectiveness of Rural Housing Burdens: A Policy Summary

Finding effective mechanisms to secure affordable homes and then retain their ‘affordability’ is a key rural policy challenge. It is an essential component of the Carnegie UK Trust’s work on Community Land Trusts, and an important element of the Trust’s People and Place policy theme. This rep...

Power - A Practical Guide for Facilitating Social Change

A lot of people talk about power. But very few really try to understand it. Yet, power affects everything we do – the decisions that control our lives; what emerges in the public agenda and what does not; even what information we have, what we know, and how we see ourselves as agents and actors. ...

A Life Worth Living

When the NHS was established in 1948, it was designed to provide primary health care and acute services for all, regardless of income. We have grown to depend upon an all-embracing health service that will diagnose our symptoms; prescribe the medicine; carry out the procedures; care for us until ...

Public Libraries Briefing Paper

This short briefing paper sets out the history of the Trust’s involvement in public library provision, and outlines how the Trust may re-engage in the policy debate on access to knowledge and the future of the public library service in the UK and Ireland.