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Supporting volunteers involved in Big Local projects to develop their skills and knowledge.
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This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
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The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
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About
About
Local Trust is a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions.
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Big Local
Big Local
Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
About the programme< Back to main menuSupport centre
Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Visit the support centre -
Other programmes
Other programmes
Find out how the principles of Big Local have inspired other programmes creating change in local communities.
< Back to main menuCommunity Leadership Academy
Supporting volunteers involved in Big Local projects to develop their skills and knowledge.
Find out moreCreative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
Find out more -
News and stories
News and stories
The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
ExploreGo straight to…
< Back to main menuVoices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Read more - Insights
- Policy
Sharing in prosperity
Principles for shaping the design of the UKSPF and other place-based funding initiatives
This report, published by the Community Wealth Fund Alliance, discusses how place-based funding streams like the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be designed to empower the communities deemed most ‘left behind’ by the economic system. This report draws together the evidence base around local economic development, and offers a set of principles for designing really impactful and long-lasting funding programmes, which have community control at their heart.
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