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Local Trust is a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions.
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Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
About the programme

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Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
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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.
Find out more

Creative Civic Change

This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
Find out more

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Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
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Ideas and insights about Big Local and the impact of community-led change.
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blog Jan 2026 Community spirit Power and leadership

Learning from Big Local: evidence from 15 years of community-led change

After 15 years, 150 communities, and over £200 million invested, we know more than ever about how real community power is built — and sustained. The Learning from Big Local website launches, offering comprehensive evidence from one of England’s most ambitious place-based programmes.

research Environment

Civic rewilding: Applying the lessons from Big Local

This report tells the story of the Big Local programme. Did it work? And what does it teach us about the practice of reviving civic life?

News Jan 2026 Community spirit

Evidence from “truly transformational” resident-led programme shows communities can create lasting change in their neighbourhoods

The start of 2026 marks almost a decade and a half of a resident-led change programme across England. As…

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Pride in Place Winter Event Series: Liverpool

This event is your opportunity to find out more about the Pride in Place programme from MHCLG, connect with…

blog Jan 2026 Environment Spaces and services

Why green spaces are essential to thriving social infrastructure

Madeleine Jennings, explores a report from More in Common on the role green spaces play in building pride in place and strong social infrastructure.

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Expressions of Interest: Provision of bespoke support and management of London community health learning project

Local Trust are seeking an organisation or collective to administer and manage grant funding for an ambitious new community health learning project in London.

News Jan 2026 Community spirit

Big Local heroes: King’s New Year Honours 2026

The 2026 New Year Honours List includes three Big Local names – Donna-Marie Inwood, Christine Pattinson and Angie Buss – recognised for their services to their communities.

blog Dec 2025 Community spirit

Big Local Unpacked: Learning from 15 years of community-led change

Drawing on 15 years of Big Local, this blog introduces Big Local Unpacked, a new learning series for funders and civil society on long-term, community-led change.

research Power and leadership

Rewilding civic life: Can we cultivate social capital? If so, how?

This working paper brings together evidence from the Big Local programme and distils learning about the practice of community-led renewal.

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Our new website that shares our learning from the Big Local programme is now live

Our new website that shares our learning from the Big Local programme is now live

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