Youth centre manager Christine Pattinson led work on Distington Big Local’s play park, which opened in the summer of 2024. She shares the journey of making the 10-year project happen.
Matt Leach outlines how local social capital can be vital when disaster strikes, and how Big Local areas have been demonstrating community resilience.
Local Trust acted as secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods over the course of its…
A learning network for local government dedicated to partnership-working and community-led, place-based regeneration Sharing the latest research Fostering innovative best…
A response to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Good health depends on more than just medicine. There are many factors – such as debt, loneliness, and poor…
As chair of Rastrick Big Local, Amanda Caldwell has overseen projects to unite this part of the West Yorkshire community, regenerating local spaces and supporting community groups with rising energy costs.
When Yvonne Griggs left school, she was told she’d never hold down a job. Then a brain haemorrhage forced her to retire early. Now, Yvonne champions her local park and is an inspirational community leader with Birchwood Big Local, defying expectations – including her own.
A groundbreaking joint report by Local Trust, #Beewell (The University of Manchester) and the Centre for Education and Youth highlights…
