Big Local - Local Trust

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

Upcoming Event

Energy and Climate Change

What does climate change mean for Big Local areas?

Friday 18 October 2019

Community hubs: Understanding survival and success

How can community hubs be financially viable?

Spaces and services

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We're Big Local! Creating Lasting Change

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Health and wellbeing Spaces and services

We’re in a climate emergency – so what?

James Goodman on why the climate crisis matters

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

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

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Community spirit

Beachcombers litterpick

Grays Riverside Big Local clear the shoreline of plastic every month

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

Events

Learn new skills and share experiences with other Big Local areas