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Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Find 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.
Creative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
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The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
Podcasts
Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
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Ideas and insights about Big Local and the impact of community-led change.
Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Research and stories about the neighbourhood-level response to the pandemic
Connecting communities? How relationships have mattered in community responses to COVID-19.
One resident showcases community collaboration on film
Telling the stories of people who stepped up to help their...
Glimpses into the past, present and future
Matt Leach reflects on 2020, communities and confronting crisis
2025 has been a landmark year for Local Trust and the...
Looking out for young people's mental health while schools are shut
What does resilience look like and how do we get there?
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Fascinating news, blogs, podcasts and community stories concerning community change
Through Big Local, 150 areas across England were enabled to create lasting change in their neighbourhoods over 10 to…
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