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Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Find out how the principles of Big Local have inspired other programmes creating change in local communities.
Community Leadership Academy
Supporting volunteers involved in Big Local projects to develop their skills and knowledge.
Creative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
News
The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
Podcasts
Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
Blogs
Ideas and insights about Big Local and the impact of community-led change.
Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Guidance, support and inspiration for Big Local partnerships and LTOs closing out from the Big Local programme and thinking about their Big Local legacy
Essential guidance to support Big Local partnerships and LTOs to close out and move on from the Big Local programme
Find frequently asked questions and answers about closing out from the Big Local programme
An overview of the approach we are taking to support Big Local areas close out and move on from the programme
Relevant support offers to help you close out, including assets, legal bodies and fundraising
Ideas for communicating close out and how good communications can help shape your Big Local legacy
Sign up for membership to national networks that can continue to support your work after you close out of the Big Local programme
Wider networks that can help support specific projects or outcomes in your area after you've closed out of the Big Local programme
Read about the different ways other Big Local areas are approaching close out and their local legacy in our stories section
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