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In this series Matt Leach, chief executive of Local Trust, reflects on...
From the research team at IVAR
Fernanda Balata, Senior Programme Lead for Coastal Economies at the NEF, explains...
Jack Airey, Head of Research at Localis, outlines some of the key...
Kizzy Gandy, Senior Advisor at BIT, answers questions about the exciting new...
Jeremy Yung, senior researcher at Local Trust, outlines some of the key...
In this blog, David Moynihan highlights how people in temporary accommodation are...
From the project research team at IVAR
Following Julia Hines’ Big Local perspective of empowering communities at risk of knife crime...
