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Community spirit Culture and creativity
How Big Local built a legacy of place-based pride

As the Big Local programme draws to a close, the legacy...
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Community spirit Health and wellbeing
Social Prescribing Day: strengthening health through community

On Social Prescribing Day, it’s time to spotlight an often overlooked...
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Environment Spaces and services
Why green spaces are essential to thriving social infrastructure

Madeleine Jennings, explores a report from More in Common on the...
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Community spirit
2025: A landmark year of learning and action

2025 has been a landmark year for Local Trust and the...
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Community spirit Local economies Power and leadership
All Together for Community Connectedness: How research strengthens social connection

Professor Sarah Pearson, Director of the Centre for Collaboration in Community...
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Community spirit Local economies
Another ‘fiscal event’ that can’t give us what we need

As the anticipation builds for another Autumn budget, Madeleine Jennings, our...
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Sue (left) and Elaine (centre) Mossley bingo and community centre - 100 areas filming
Community spirit
One route to building more connected communities? Social capital

In this policy spotlight, Natasha Meldrum explores how investing in social...
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Power and leadership
Party conferences 2025: the highlights reel

As the political party conference season draws to a close for...
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Community spirit
Devolving powers: why neighbourhoods hold the key to government success

A new report from the Future Governance Forum and Local Trust...

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