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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.
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Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Listen to lively discussions on key topical issues affecting communities today
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Listen: the Big Local areas levelling the scales of local power
Read about how people and places are changing through Big Local in our essay series written by independent thinkers
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