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Big Local support centre

Locally Trusted Organisations (LTOs)

Essential information and guidance for Locally Trusted Organisations of Big Local areas

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Assets

Essential guidance on assets for Big Local partnerships
Big Local jargon buster

Your guide to the language used in the Big Local programme
Big Local partnerships setting up a legal body

Guidance for Big Local partnerships on how to set up a legal body
Big Local partnerships and personal lending

Guidance for Big Local areas interested in tackling financial exclusion through personal lending
Delivering Big Local

The four approaches Big Local areas are taking to deliver their Big Local plan
Duties and liabilities of charity trustees and company directors

Guidance for partnerships becoming an incorporated organisation or setting up a separate legal body
Ensuring Big Local funding does not replace public money

Guidance outlining how Big Local funding cannot replace statutory funding
Essential close out guidance

Essential guidance to support Big Local partnerships and LTOs to close out and move on from the Big Local programme
Funding agreements and processes for Big Local plans

Guidance for your Big Local partnership outlining funding agreements
Grant terms and conditions

Explore the terms and conditions for grants awarded by Local Trust for an LTO
Locally Trusted Organisations: roles and responsibilities

Essential guidance for understanding and working with LTOs
Duties and liabilities of charity trustees

Guidance for partnerships becoming an incorporated organisation or setting up a separate legal body
Managing Big Local Funding

Guidance for administering and accounting Big Local funding
Safeguarding

Essential guidance on understanding and implementing safeguarding policies
Submit a Big Local spend report

Information for Locally Trusted Organisations on how to complete a spend report

VAT

Helpful guidance for LTOs on VAT payments
Workers and Big Local

Essential guidance for Big Local areas employing a worker

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Big Local areas
Big Local projects
Close out and move on from Big Local
Communications and media
Community action plans and toolkits
Community engagement
Complaints
Contact details
Cost of living
Events and networking
Funding essentials and your Big Local Plan
Fundraising
Locally Trusted Organisations (LTOs)
Make it Happen
Regeneration and development
Running a Big Local partnership
Workers and volunteers
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