For UnLtd’s Research Findings Series, Hybrid edited the ‘Shining Stars’ Report. Originally not intended for publication, the reframed report drew out learning, key principles and restructured the findings in an accessible, easy to read, format. The Star People programme represented a new approach to place-based working, supporting social entrepreneurs to develop solutions to need in the places that people lived, worked and volunteered. The paper revealed how and in what ways, social entrepreneurs’ actions and behaviours affected the places that they operated in. The report can now be downloaded from UnLtd’s website at
