Policy director Margaret Bolton asks how places termed ‘left behind’ will benefit from the £1.6bn Stronger Towns Fund
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blog Mar 2019
Spaces and services
What happens when the social contract is being ripped up?
Britain’s towns need more than just new economic investment. Matt Leach, chief executive of Local Trust, comments on the government’s new £1.6b fund based on findings from the first draft of cutting-edge research by OCSI
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News and blogs
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blog Feb 2019
Organising and deciding
Life after Big Local
Aimee Mallinson, worker for Cars Area Together in Solihull, believes ideas first sparked in the Legacy South learning clusters are already driving plans for this Big Local area’s future
News Feb 2019
Power and leadership
New phase for Localism Commission launched: action research with four councils
Locality, in partnership with Local Trust and Power to Change, are working with four local authorities to show how to create ‘power partnerships’ between local government and communities though an innovative action research project
News Feb 2019
Community spirit
How do we know we’re making a difference?
Sonia Clyne, Chair of Par Bay Big Local, chats to Sue from our research team about why it’s important to capture the changes Big Local makes to people’s lives