Regional clusters help groups of Big Local areas that are geographically close to one another to meet up, share learning and to network.
Events are organised by external facilitators, but the content, format and location of events are led and agreed by members.
Events are designed to promote even deeper collaboration between Big Local areas and provide space for residents to tackle a broad range of issues relevant to their region.
As the regional clusters are designed to connect areas based on location, areas cannot be part of more than one regional cluster. We encourage areas to contribute to setting the agenda for events in their ‘region’ so that content is relevant to them.
Regional clusters aim to:
To connect to or find out more about your regional cluster, identify your nearest group and contact the relevant facilitator:
To find out more about the regional clusters or if there isn’t a regional cluster near you, please get in touch with Alice Calder at alice.calder@localtrust.org.uk.
Regional cluster events are open to anyone volunteering or working on Big Local. Like all learning and networking opportunities provided by Local Trust, events are free for Big Local areas to attend and we will cover travel costs for residents.