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Demonstrating the value of long term, flexible, resident-led funding
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Community Needs Index (CNI)

‘Left behind’ neighbourhoods

What is social infrastructure?
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Programmes

A series of projects sharing what worked in the Big Local programme and why, and supporting the Big Local legacy in the communities that were involved.

Beacon areas

Supporting connections between community organisations continuing resident-led action beyond Big Local
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Health inequalities

Supporting community-led health and wellbeing approaches to tackle health inequalities
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Neighbourhood health and local government

This report summarises insights from the policy sprint which explores how...

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Making the most of it

This report by IPPR North explores how unitarisation enables democratic renewal...

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Better to spend out…?

This report by Shared Intelligence for Local Trust, considers the question:...

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Community buildings: strong foundations for renewal

Using evidence from Big Local, this report shows how long-term investment...

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Civic rewilding: Applying the lessons from Big Local

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Rewilding civic life: Can we cultivate social capital? If so, how?

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Policy spotlight 3: How investing in social capital builds cohesive communities

The final paper in our policy spotlight series summarises the evidence...

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Bridging the divide: the hidden power of social capital to drive social mobility

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Mission Critical 04: A new relationship between people and the state

This report proposes a new framework for rethinking the relationship between...

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