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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.
The social and economic benefits of investing in social infrastructure and...
This report recommends hyper-local targeted investment to improve connectivity in 'left...
This report outlines why long-term, neighbourhood-level investment in social infrastructure is...
A snapshot of community economic development initiatives from Big Local areas
Exploring the concept of resilience and why it needs to be...
Read Local Trust’s response to the Education Select Committee Inquiry into...
How can communities support residents who feel isolated?
This report presents socio-economic data to illustrate the high-level challenges faced...
Using lessons from coronavirus to improve food security
Our new website that shares our learning from the Big Local programme is now live
