In this series Matt Leach, chief executive of Local Trust, reflects on what he has learned from Big Local Communities after being a year in post – and this final installment looks at the way Beechwood, Ballantyne and Bidston Village Big Local celebrate all the people working together to revitalise their community
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blog Jan 2018
Community spirit
What motivates people to get involved in their community – or not?
From the research team at IVAR
blog Jan 2018
Organising and deciding
Questions for the Behavioural Insights Team
Kizzy Gandy, Senior Advisor at BIT, answers questions about the exciting new offer for Big Local areas
blog Jan 2018
Culture and creativity
Legacy – what does it mean to Big Local?
Jeremy Yung, senior researcher at Local Trust, outlines some of the key ideas and themes revealed in our latest report ‘The legacy of Big Local’
blog Jan 2018
Local economies
Change on the coast
Fernanda Balata, Senior Programme Lead for Coastal Economies at the NEF, explains how the new partnership with Local Trust will put coastal communities in control of their future
blog Jan 2018
Health and wellbeing
Housing
Place matters
Jack Airey, Head of Research at Localis, outlines some of the key trends shaping three distinct communities now and, in the future, – as explored in our new report ‘Place matters: How communities in England are changing’
News Dec 2017
Skills
UnLtd and Local Trust announce new support offer to help social entrepreneurs in Big Local areas
£2.8m invested in building sustainable and socially-beneficial local economic growth in communities around England
blog Dec 2017
Housing
Empowering people living in temporary accommodation
In this blog, David Moynihan highlights how people in temporary accommodation are not involved in decisions that affect their…