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A collection of brilliant stories and features on resident-led change

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July 2021
Social infrastructure investment vital to economic recovery of ‘left behind’ areas,...

£1m investment in community spaces and facilities could return £3.2m, new research...
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Organising and deciding Power and leadership
When a community has more power, what happens next?

Local Trust's senior researcher Lucy Terry tells us all about the revelations...
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Community spirit Health and wellbeing
From locally grown leeks to outdoor cinemas: how food...

Adam Castleton speaks to Local Trust about the exciting WestRaven community café...
News
July 2021
New research lifts the lid on community responses to data poverty

Community groups stepped up to help people experiencing data poverty during the...
Voices of Big Local
March 2021
Behind the scenes of a lockdown food project

One resident showcases community collaboration on film
Coronavirus Spaces and services
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Community spirit
Two months in the life of Local Trust’s journalist-at-large

Harriet Marsden meets communities in Big Local areas - could she be...
adaptable
June 2021
Grow your own veg kits

A step-by-step guide to running a community veg-growing project
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