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About Big Local

Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas around England to create lasting change in their communities

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Big Local areas
Big Local areas
Upcoming Event
Loneliness and social isolation

First session of new learning cluster tackling loneliness and social isolation

15 - 16 Jan 2020
10:30am - 5:00pm (Wed)
9:30am - 3:30pm (Thurs)
Birmingham
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research
Community hubs: Understanding survival and success

How can community hubs be financially viable?

Spaces and services
Latest blog
November 2019
Introducing the Community Leadership Academy
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Latest News
Power and leadership Skills
Supporting community leadership

Local Trust's Head of Programme Delivery, Chris Falconer, introduces a new initiative...

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podcast
Power and leadership
Supporting women in community leadership

This new podcast episode explores how women’s leadership benefits communities.

Featured Video
Community spirit
We’re Big Local! Creating Lasting Change

Film based on poem created with Longfella at Connects 2018

Voices of Big Local
Community spirit
Listening to hear

DY10 resident, Sarah Rook, explains how her communication skills have improved considerably

Big Local evaluation advisory group

Guiding the development and implementation of the evaluation

Working on Big Local

Essential guides and resources from Local Trust and inspiring examples of change from Big Local areas

Programme Guidance
Programme guidance

Essential and helpful guides on accessing funding and resources for your area

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The Big Local plan

Change you want to make and how you will go about it

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Adaptables
Adaptables

Step by step instructions for community change created by Big Local areas

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Community spirit
Supporting local enterprises

How to set up social enterprise dinners

Tools

Useful online tools to help you with running your Big Local

Support for Big Local

Learn from other areas at our clusters, attend training sessions and one-off events, or work directly with a partner organisation

Summary of support

View the range of support available to all Big Local areas

Measuring change

Learn how to measure the change you're making with this support offer

Support partners

Access hassle-free, tailored support on an issue or for a project

Learning clusters

Join other Big Local areas to explore a topic or skill together

Community Leadership Academy

Support for the people making Big Local happen

Events

Learn new skills and share experiences with other Big Local areas

Regional clusters

Meet, learn and network with other regional Big Local areas