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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.
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.
Meet the people working on Big Local
The Big Local areas bridging 325 miles to share seasonal celebrations
The project taking inspiration from Marcus Rashford's campaign
Capturing a community forest garden on film
Listen: what a horticulture project means to local residents
What the movement means for young west London residents
Using photography to capture local beach and marine life
The project aiming to transform a local park into a multi-purpose space
How photography brought a group of Birmingham residents together through lockdown.
The project giving voice to young residents
Exploring what happens when you give local people the money, power and...
Welcome to Don’t Get Any Ideas, a podcast series all about Creative...
We’re back for a second series – exploring what happens when you...
