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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.
Listen to lively discussions on key topical issues affecting communities today
Hear how four Big Locals are prioritising the welfare of young...
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What impact does closing community spaces have?
Our end of year bonus podcast looks back at our biggest...
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In this podcast, panelists from the RSA, discuss how stories from...
Representatives from Big Local areas, Theos and Church Urban Fun tackle...
Read about how people and places are changing through Big Local in our essay series written by independent thinkers
Read ideas and insights about community-led change
Our new website that shares our learning from the Big Local programme is now live
