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December 2024
From (Big) Local to national: Reflecting on the APPG for ‘left...

Local Trust’s policy and parliamentary manager, Tilly Steward, explains how the APPG...
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Press release: £10million research centre to transform community engagement...

New Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness to drive national change in...
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2024: Learning, legacies and 50 reasons to celebrate

Local Trust’s chief operating officer, Rachel Rowney, looks back at a year...
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November 2024
‘Where are they now?’: The personal impact of Big Local

Join our former journalists-at-large Louise Tickle and Ryan Herman as they reconnect...
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December 2024
Introducing C4: A new research centre on community connectedness
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‘Being part of Big Local allowed us to think...

In Portsmouth, Fratton Big Local – and now their legacy organisation, Fratton...
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The community power podcast: Series two

We’re back for a second series – exploring what happens when you...
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November 2024
A toolkit to help maximise the impact of your funding in...

Download our toolkit to help you maximise the impact of your Big...
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