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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.
News
The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
Podcasts
Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
Blogs
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.
Read ideas and insights about community-led change by Local Trust and its partners
Matt Leach, chief executive for Local Trust, reflects on the importance of...
Lisa-Marie Giquel, our research assistant, shines light on findings from the Big...
David King, Partnerships coordinator at Local Trust, asks if it's really possible...
Taz Virdee from Heston West shares what his area has learned from...
Andy Curtis, Senior Researcher for Local Trust, asks whether it is the...
Louise Tickle, our Journalist at large, explains her ethical approach and the...
In this series Matt Leach, chief executive of Local Trust, reflects on...
Matt Leach, our chief executive, considers how future civil society might be...
David King, Partnerships coordinator at Local Trust, outlines why we have decided...
