Introduction: In this essay, I will make a critical comparison of different theories and approaches to community organizing. Focusing on key aspects of Paulo Freire and Saul Alinsky's models of community organizing, I will examine the extent to which these models are applicable to the UK. Drawing on examples of experiences applying the Root Solution Listening Matters (RSLM) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) frameworks in my practice. I will demonstrate the relationships and differences between the two. In discussing the key elements of power and conflict theories, I will highlight the main characteristics of both and use these theories as lenses to examine certain issues in communities. By comparing community business models, I will consider future opportunities for a budding community business. Finally, in describing the evaluation methods, I will reflect on the framework I have chosen to evaluate my work. Methodology: I applied a qualitative methodology for this essay to provide a review of the literature and give examples, where appropriate, from my practical work experiences. with communities in Bordesley Green (BG), Birmingham and overseas. Discussion: The Approaches of Paulo Freire and Saul Alinsky: Paulo Freire and Saul Alinsky are some of the pioneers of the global grassroots collective movement, which is at the heart of community organizing. . Their theories are based on the organization of communities below, who are the most deprived, socially isolated, segregated and powerless due to social, economic and political systems. The essence of Freire's epic book "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" (1972) is to question the bureaucratic "banking education system" imposed top-down by the state, which is increasing...... middle of paper ...... development of social enterprises in the United Kingdom: a contribution to the identification of good practice. Disability and Society, Vol. 18, No. 5, August 2003. 659-674Shah Anup, (2013) Structural adjustment: a major cause of poverty. Philosophy and Theory, Vol.43, No.S1, 2011, USA. http://www.globalissues.org/article/3/structural-adjustment-a-major-cause-of-povertySepulveda, Leandro (2010) Stephen Syrett and Sara Calvo, Social Enterprise and Ethnic Minorities, TSRC Working Paper 48. Strathern, M. (1996) Cutting the Network, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2, pp.517 -535, Oxford Thomson, Pat (2005), Who's Afraid of Saul Alinsky? Radical Traditions in Community Organizing, FORUM, vol. 47, issues 2 and 3, 199-206.U Tube Video: https://www.nfb.ca/film/encounter_with_saul_alinskyVeneKlasen, Lisa and Valerie Miller (2002), Power and Empowerment, PLA Notes, 43: 39-41.