Invitation to tender: Producer for We are Big Local exhibition

Local Trust is seeking a Producer (individual or organisation) to deliver an immersive exhibition about the Big Local programme at our finale event on 27 March 2026.

About the event

Our finale event, We are Big Local, is being held on 27 March 2026.

We expect to host 300 – 400 volunteers and 50 – 100 staff and partners at the event, which is being held at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.

The event will run from 4pm for people to experience the exhibition, followed by a drinks reception, sit-down meal and entertainment/interactive elements dotted throughout the event. The exhibition, along with entertainment/interactive elements, can be spread across the totally accessible venue, and will form part of the decoration that will turn a corporate venue into a place celebrating community-led change. We will be hiring an event production team, to install the décor and lighting before the event begins at 4pm.

About Local Trust and Big Local

Local Trust was established in 2012 to deliver the Big Local funding programme. Between 2010-12 the Big Lottery Fund identified 150 areas that had historically ‘missed out’ on lottery and other funding. Each of those areas was allocated £1.1million of Big Local funding, which could be spent in any way, provided residents organised themselves locally to plan and manage that funding, involving the wider community in the decision-making process. Big Local is driven by volunteer residents who lead change in their community, and the workers who coordinate the delivery of their plans.

Project brief and how to submit your tender

We are seeking a Producer (individual, organisation, collective) to create and deliver an immersive exhibition reflecting on over a decade of the Big Local programme. The Producer will be led internally by a Local Trust staff member and will work alongside our internal event project team.

Submission deadline: 9am, Thursday 29 May 2025

Submissions should be emailed to: Georgie Burr at Georgie.Burr@localtrust.org.uk and Lucy Thurley at Lucy.Thurley@localtrust.org.uk

Download the full invitation to tender

If you have any questions, access requirements or would like to discuss the tender, please contact Georgie Burr Georgie.Burr@localtrust.org.uk and Lucy Thurley Lucy.Thurley@localtrust.org.uk

Interviews will be held via Zoom/in person at our London office, ideally on the 2 June 2025.