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The reach and growth of CSSN

Current members, the people they serve, the capacity they bring, and how quickly the network and website are growing — all from live records.

Updated 25 September 2026, 18:01 from current member records.

People reached
161,850

Last-12-month engagement reported by 53 members

Member organisations
55

Active grass-roots members since July 2026 · 10 allies

Volunteers in the network
1,847

Reported by 54 members · 215 paid staff

Website visitors
35,544

Unique visitors in the last 30 days · 57,621 page views

Membership growth
+10

New members in the last 30 days ↑ 22% · 11 weeks as a live network

Website growth
+468%

Unique visitors vs the previous 30 days (6,258 → 35,544)

Applications in the pipeline
15

Pending registrations · 76 already approved

Ready to collaborate
53

Members offering peer support · 51 newsletter sign-ups

Membership growth

Cumulative active community members by month. 55 organisations have joined in the last 90 days.

Website reach

Unique non-bot visitors recorded on the CSSN website each month.

What members offer each other

Peer support already pledged at registration — the practical value of the network beyond a mailing list.

Ad hoc email advice to other groups 41 members
Collaborating on funding bids 34 members
Collaborating on campaigns 32 members
Collaborating on research projects 29 members
Site visit by other groups to your space or project 26 members
Mentoring of a lead at another group 13 members

9 English regions represented · 20 community categories of focus · 7 members based in more deprived districts

Geographical spread

Member organisations across England, based on the address given at registration or on their profile.

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By region

London 14
South East 13
England (area unspecified) 7
North West 7
Yorkshire and the Humber 7
South West 4
West Midlands 1
North East 1
Location not yet recorded 1

Places mentioned most

Cumbria · 4 London · 4 Leeds · 2 Wiltshire · 2 Bromley · 2 Greenwich · 2 Lewisham · 2 Sheffield · 2 Tunbridge Wells · 2 9 St Marks Road · 1 Birmingham · 1 Rochdale · 1

Members by area

West Midlands (1)

How many people members serve

From the registration question “How many people your organisation currently supports/serves?” Last-12-month engagement reported by 53 members: 161,850 people. Size bands from 51 members cover about 102,806–394,200 people.

1-50 people 6
50-100 people 4
100-500 people 11
500-1,000 people 7
1,000-2,000 people 8
2,000-5,000 people 5
5,000-10,000 people 4
10,000-50,000 people 6
Other... 3

Types of organisation

How current members said their group is set up.

Community Organisation 23
Charity 15
Social Enterprise 12
Other 9
Library 1

Community categories served

Demographic groups members identified during registration. Figures are anonymous and aggregated: each bar is the number of current members who selected that category.

Young adults 18-25 25
Low income 24
Racial, ethnic or national communities 22
Families 19
Children 11-17 15
People with disabilities/lasting health conditions 15
Unemployed/labour market returners 15
Parents & Guardians 11
Global majority 9
Older People 9
LGBTQIA+/or any group within this 8
Children 5-10 7
Men 7
Other 5
Children 0-4 4
Armed Forces Leavers 3
Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees 3
Boys 3
Girls 3
Women 2

People served by location

Last-12-month engagement figures, attributed to the organisation’s recorded base. Where a member only gave a size band, that range is shown separately. These totals are not split across demographic groups.

Region Members People engaged (last 12 months) Size-band range
London 14 47,205 from 13 members 35,751–133,150
Yorkshire and the Humber 7 42,005 from 7 members 15,201–60,750
North West 7 28,500 from 7 members 12,400–56,000
South East 13 22,650 from 13 members 26,702–116,100
England (area unspecified) 7 5,440 from 7 members 2,151–4,650
West Midlands 1 5,000 from 1 member 5,000–10,000
North East 1 3,500 from 1 member 2,000–5,000
South West 4 2,550 from 3 members 1,601–3,550

Places with a reported reach

Place Members People engaged (last 12 months)
Bradford 1 30,000
Bromley 2 20,100
Derrbyshire 1 20,000
Lewisham 2 12,600
Sheffield 2 10,030
Cumbria 4 6,000
Birmingham 1 5,000
London 4 3,750
Stockton On Tees 1 3,500
Bristol 1 2,000
Henley 1 2,000
Rochdale 1 1,500
Woking 1 1,500
Tunbridge Wells 2 1,350
Kings Street Leisure 1 1,200
9 St Marks Road 1 1,000

Demographics covered by location

Which community categories members in each area said they focus on. Each chip is a count of organisations, not a count of people. We do not divide an organisation’s beneficiaries across the groups they selected — those numbers cannot be split evenly or accurately from the registration answers.

London · 11 members named groups
Young adults 18-25 · 6 Low income · 5 Children 11-17 · 5 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 5 Global majority · 4 Families · 4 Armed Forces Leavers · 3 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this · 3 Men · 3 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 3 Older People · 3 Other · 3 Unemployed/labour market returners · 2 Parents & Guardians · 2 Boys · 1 Girls · 1 Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees · 1 Children 0-4 · 1 Children 5-10 · 1
Yorkshire and the Humber · 5 members named groups
Families · 3 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 3 Young adults 18-25 · 3 Low income · 3 Unemployed/labour market returners · 3 Children 5-10 · 2 Children 11-17 · 2 Parents & Guardians · 2 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 2 Global majority · 2 Older People · 1 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this · 1 Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees · 1
North West · 7 members named groups
Young adults 18-25 · 5 Low income · 5 Families · 4 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 3 Children 5-10 · 2 Children 11-17 · 2 Unemployed/labour market returners · 2 Parents & Guardians · 2 Other · 1 Men · 1 Children 0-4 · 1 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 1
South East · 8 members named groups
Young adults 18-25 · 7 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 5 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 4 Low income · 4 Families · 3 Parents & Guardians · 3 Unemployed/labour market returners · 3 Older People · 2 Men · 2 Children 11-17 · 2 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this · 1 Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees · 1 Boys · 1 Global majority · 1 Girls · 1 Women · 1 Other · 1
England (area unspecified) · 6 members named groups
Families · 4 Low income · 4 Children 11-17 · 3 Children 0-4 · 2 Children 5-10 · 2 Older People · 2 Parents & Guardians · 2 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 2 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 2 Unemployed/labour market returners · 2 Boys · 1 Girls · 1 Young adults 18-25 · 1 Men · 1 Global majority · 1 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this · 1
West Midlands · 1 member named groups
People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 1 Racial, ethnic or national communities · 1 Women · 1 Young adults 18-25 · 1 Low income · 1 Unemployed/labour market returners · 1
South West · 4 members named groups
Racial, ethnic or national communities · 3 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this · 2 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions · 2 Young adults 18-25 · 2 Low income · 2 Unemployed/labour market returners · 2 Children 11-17 · 1 Families · 1 Global majority · 1 Older People · 1

Members and areas of deprivation

Member bases matched to the English indices of deprivation 2025 local authority summaries (File 10, lower-tier districts). Rank 1 is the most deprived local authority in England on that measure. This shows where organisations are based, not whether the people they serve are deprived.

Bases we could match
46

of 55 members, using a postcode or a recognisable local authority / town.

In more deprived districts
7

Members based in a local authority among the most deprived fifth in England (rank of average rank).

Near highly deprived neighbourhoods
29

Members based in a district that contains at least one neighbourhood in the most deprived 10% nationally.

Local authority IMD 2025 rank Neighbourhoods in most deprived 10% Members People engaged Groups covered
Birmingham 8 of 296 42.8% 1 5,000 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Racial, ethnic or national communities Women Young adults 18-25 +2 more
Rochdale 19 of 296 31.1% 1 1,500 Other
Bradford 23 of 296 36.9% 1 30,000 Children 5-10 Children 11-17
Lewisham 46 of 296 1.7% 3 21,000 Low income Boys Children 11-17 Girls +1 more
Hounslow 49 of 296 2.0% 1 700 Children 11-17 Families People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Racial, ethnic or national communities +2 more
Folkestone and Hythe 66 of 296 7.5% 1 1,000 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this Men Parents & Guardians Racial, ethnic or national communities +2 more
Greenwich 74 of 296 0.0% 3 1,105 Racial, ethnic or national communities Children 11-17 Global majority Young adults 18-25 +5 more
Kirklees 85 of 296 13.5% 1 945
Sheffield 90 of 296 21.9% 2 10,030 Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees Young adults 18-25 Families Global majority +3 more
Cumberland 98 of 296 10.2% 1 500 Families Parents & Guardians People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Young adults 18-25 +1 more
Croydon 105 of 296 3.5% 1 250
Hammersmith and Fulham 108 of 296 1.7% 1 1,000 Global majority Men Older People
Stockton-on-Tees 119 of 296 19.4% 1 3,500
Bristol, City of 123 of 296 11.2% 1 2,000 Children 11-17 LGBTQIA+/or any group within this Racial, ethnic or national communities
Leeds 124 of 296 17.2% 2 900 Families Older People Parents & Guardians People with disabilities/lasting health conditions +4 more
Brighton and Hove 143 of 296 7.9% 1 0
High Peak 167 of 296 5.1% 2 21,000 Young adults 18-25 Racial, ethnic or national communities Low income
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 169 of 296 5.0% 1 50 Older People People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Low income Unemployed/labour market returners
Chichester 177 of 296 0.0% 1 300 Families Parents & Guardians People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Racial, ethnic or national communities
Worthing 185 of 296 0.0% 1 500 Older People People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Racial, ethnic or national communities Young adults 18-25
North Yorkshire 189 of 296 2.6% 2 330 Children 5-10 Children 11-17 Families Young adults 18-25 +8 more
Sevenoaks 206 of 296 1.3% 1 300 Young adults 18-25
Tunbridge Wells 212 of 296 0.0% 2 1,350 Asylum Seekers and/or Refugees Boys Children 11-17 Families +12 more
Wiltshire 219 of 296 0.7% 2 500 Racial, ethnic or national communities Young adults 18-25 Families Global majority +4 more
Tonbridge and Malling 235 of 296 0.0% 1 500 Children 11-17 Families Young adults 18-25 Low income +1 more
Basingstoke and Deane 237 of 296 0.0% 1 0
Bromley 248 of 296 0.5% 2 20,100 Armed Forces Leavers LGBTQIA+/or any group within this Men Young adults 18-25 +2 more
Buckinghamshire 250 of 296 0.0% 1 500
Woking 258 of 296 0.0% 1 1,500
City of London 267 of 296 0.0% 3 3,050 Families Global majority LGBTQIA+/or any group within this Parents & Guardians +11 more
Winchester 268 of 296 0.0% 1 1,000 Men Parents & Guardians Racial, ethnic or national communities Low income
Windsor and Maidenhead 285 of 296 0.0% 1 1,200 Young adults 18-25 Unemployed/labour market returners
South Oxfordshire 287 of 296 0.0% 1 2,000 People with disabilities/lasting health conditions Racial, ethnic or national communities Young adults 18-25 Low income

IoD 2025 ranks 33,755 neighbourhoods (LSOAs). Most CSSN registrations give a town or a partial address, so this page uses the official local-authority summary: useful for comparing districts, not for saying a specific street or beneficiary is deprived. The Indices also cannot identify deprived people, measure affluence, or be split across the demographic groups an organisation selected. Explore the source data on the Local Deprivation Explorer.

These totals use existing member and registration answers only. Individual contact details and free-text answers are not shown. Visit the members directory for public profiles.