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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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The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
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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
Sarah Stearne, policy officer at Local Trust, introduces new research from the...
We look back at a year of Big Local stories, and explore...
Daniel Crowe explores new research pointing to the value of investing in...
Local Trust’s senior policy advisor, Nick Beall, explores some of the key...
Margaret Hannah, director of health programmes at the International Futures Forum, introduces...
Centre for Sustainable Energy share practical tips and resources to help your...
Ahead of the Autumn Statement, policy officer Millie Dessent explores Local Trust’s...
With the launch of the APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhood's report on...
Richard Crisp, researcher at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research,...
