Speedy support sessions with Locality
Do you have questions about becoming a legal body, or building, taking over and managing an asset? Book a 45 minute session with expert Locality advisors, to get answers to your questions now.
Local Trust is a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions.
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< Back to main menuBig Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
About the programmeEssential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Visit the support centreFind 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 moreCreative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
Find out moreThe latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
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Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Read moreLocal Trust is a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions.
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< Back to main menuBig Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
About the programmeEssential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Visit the support centreFind 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 moreCreative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
Find out moreThe latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
ExploreGo straight to…
Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Read moreLearn new skills and share experiences at events for Big Local areas including training, networking and more.
Do you have questions about becoming a legal body, or building, taking over and managing an asset? Book a 45 minute session with expert Locality advisors, to get answers to your questions now.
Advice on how to approach a fundraising strategy? Ideas about grant funding opportunities? Come join Stir to Action for a 1-1 chat.
Chairs will have an opportunity to explore how they can lighten their workload by shifting their focus away from the demands
Locality offers partnerships a 45-minute support session with advisors.
In this session, Chairs will be introduced to tools they can use to support partnership members to navigate the...
In this session, Chairs will have the opportunity to explore the importance of healthy boundaries and how to create...
Hear about research in two Big Local areas, into how partnerships planned to tackle racial inequality and promote racial...
The Chairs Networking meeting is an opportunity for you to meet with other Big Local Area Chairs and connect in a safe space.
This webinar will give you an overview to help you reach, involve, and connect with older people and the most isolated in the community.
This session, led by Nick Gardham, with contribution from Sacha Bedding from The Wharton Trust explores how the community organising work in Hartlepool has led to the community having more power.
Join us for the first part of our Communications Masterclass Series with Peg Alexander and Tamsin Curror.
Connect with your Big Local peers for an evening and day, of learning and networking, focused on overcoming some of the common problems currently faced by Big Local areas.
Men's health is an issue as men find it hard to talk about problems. This October join Amazing Communities together, for a closer look at the topic with Jamie from 'Mandem Meetup'
Connect with your Big Local peers for an evening and day, of learning and networking, focused on overcoming some of the common problems currently faced by Big Local areas.
Join us for the second part of our Communications Masterclass Series with Peg Alexander and Tamsin Curror.
This mainly practical workshop will explore Theatre of the Oppressed and Applied Theatre practice within community settings.
Join community groups and organisations to be part of the biggest community sector event of the year.
The Chairs Networking meeting is an opportunity for you to meet with other Big Local Area Chairs and connect in a safe space.
Many people are unable to access a dentist. This November join Amazing Communities Together to understand the challenge of Dental Deserts with Jill Harding from 'Dentaid'.
Join us for the final part of our Communications Masterclass Series with Peg Alexander and Tamsin Curror.
This session will tell the story of the Humanity project and look at how it is has evolved.
Join our support partner, Locality, for a 90 minute online and interactive masterclass, where they will cover transitioning from a Big Local partnership to an independent community organisation.
Community Organisers invite you to take part in a Connecting Through Life Stories session with trained Facilitators: Karl Lam & Alima Adams.
The Chairs Networking meeting is an opportunity for you to meet with other Big Local Area Chairs and connect in a safe space.
Need advice on how to approach energy efficiency in your area? Ideas about how to reduce energy bills? Come join CSE for a 1-1 chat.
Need advice on how to approach a fundraising strategy? Ideas about grant funding opportunities? Come join Stir to Action for a 1-1 chat.
Join our support partners, Just Ideas’, for a 90-minute masterclass, where we will think about the impact your Big Local has made.
Join our support partners, Stir to Action, for a 90-minute masterclass, where they will cover the basics of business planning.
This webinar will explore the importance of identify in place-based organising.
Join our support partners, Stir to Action, for a 90-minute masterclass, where they will cover the next steps of business planning.
Join our support partners, Stir to Action, for a 90-minute masterclass, where they will cover the process of bid writing.
This webinar will explore the role community business can play in nurturing communities and strengthening bonds, but also in providing community-led services, employment, and investment in an area.
The Chairs Networking meeting is an opportunity for you to meet with other Big Local Area Chairs and connect in a safe space.
Learn how to support workers as your Big Local area closes out with Peas in a Pod
Learn how to support workers as your Big Local area closes out with Peas in a Pod
Many people are struggling to make ends meet during the cost of living crisis. This April, join Amazing Communities Together to learn to support yourself with money worries with 'GamCare'.
Find out how to mark the end of your Big Local with Just Ideas
Manchester in person event covering a range of themes including; reflecting, ending well and transitioning, looking ahead and beginning well
Stop Loan Sharks are an organisation that prosecute the illegal money lenders known as Loan Sharks. This May, join Amazing Communities Together to hear about the recent activities of 'Stop Loan Sharks' and learn more about their work.
Pop Ideas will be running through an essential check list to give your organisation the best chance of success in the first two years.
In person event in London, covering a range of themes including; reflecting, ending well and transitioning, looking ahead and beginning well
Time to reflect - wellbeing and self-care
This June, join Amazing Communities Together to learn about using videos and creating engaging content to captivate an audience.
Ending well and beginning well
Join Happy Smiles Training, an award-winning disabled peoples-led social enterprise, for a day of training, focused on how your community initiative can be accessible to all.
What we will be covering: In this interactive session you will understand employability as a skill. We will encompass...
An evening meal and day event highlighting supportive organisations, peers and funders who can help you to keep leading change in your community, beyond the Big Local programme.
A special event to mark over a decade of community-led change through the Big Local programme.