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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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Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Read ideas and insights about community-led change by Local Trust and its partners
Marking Better Transport Week, Local Trust CEO, Rachel Rowney, shares why improving...
Exploring how investing in social infrastructure delivers strong returns, with insights from...
Lucy reflects on our latest academic seminar on community responses to health...
The government's current infrastructure plans focus heavily on physical infrastructure while overlooking...
Kyle Vanelli reflects on our health policy sprint and outlines the key...
Jack Loughnane reflects on the results of our final Big Local survey
Ruby Frankland introduces the action research programme in partnership with NHS Confederation...
Matt Leach outlines how local social capital can be vital when disaster...
