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Director of Impact and Learning at Power to Change Trust

Stephen Miller is a professional dedicated to reducing poverty and inequality, primarily known for his role as the Director of Impact and Learning at Power to Change Trust, a community business funding organization.1 4

Professional Background

Role at Power to Change: Stephen Miller has been instrumental in shaping the organization's approach to supporting community businesses. He played a key role in developing their funding strategies, emphasizing:

Providing targeted grant funding
Creating support programs for community businesses
Using evidence-based approaches to understand what works1

Approach to Community Business Support: Miller was particularly focused on:

Investing in the most deprived areas of England
Developing innovative support mechanisms
Using data and learning to improve funding strategies

For example, he developed the Trade Up Programme, which tested different approaches to supporting community businesses. In one notable experiment, he found that incentivized financial support (matching grants) contributed to greater financial gains for community businesses.1

Career Trajectory

As of 2023, Miller transitioned from his role at Power to Change, exploring new professional opportunities. His LinkedIn profile describes him as passionate about reducing poverty and inequality, with fifteen years of dedicated work in this field.2 3

Professional Philosophy

Miller is known for a data-driven approach, consistently focusing on evidence and understanding why certain strategies work. As he explained, their work was "not just throwing money at community businesses and hoping it sticks, but really building an understanding of why some things work and some things don't".1