In this paper, Andy Haldane and David Halpern make the economic case for investment in social capital.
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blog Jan 2025
Community spirit
A neighbourhood building social capital
Local Trust’s CEO Matt Leach reflects on the multifaceted role of building social capital in improving lives in our most deprived neighbourhoods.
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Social Capital 2025: Building connection, improving outcomes
Local Trust has partnered with Demos and the national network for neighbourhood improvement (3ni) to produce a series of…
blog Jan 2025
Local economies
Organising and deciding
Understanding success in the Big Local programme
Rob Macmillan reflects on the latest report from the longitudinal multimedia study Our Bigger Story, and what its findings from 15 Big Local areas can tell us about understanding success in the programme.
blog Dec 2024
Organising and deciding
Power and leadership
From (Big) Local to national: Reflecting on the APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods
Local Trust’s policy and parliamentary manager, Tilly Steward, explains how the APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods platformed resident voices in Westminster and made the case for communities to take the lead in local decision-making.
research Organising and deciding
Power and leadership
Reflecting on the APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods, 2020–2024
This report captures the work and contributions of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods over the course of its activities between 2020 and 2024.
blog Dec 2024
Power and leadership
2024: Learning, legacies and 50 reasons to celebrate
Local Trust’s chief operating officer, Rachel Rowney, looks back at a year of partnership building, new opportunities for neighbourhood…
blog Dec 2024
Community spirit
Spaces and services
Introducing C4: A new research centre on community connectedness
As Big Local areas look ahead to what happens after the programme ends in 2026, at Local Trust we’re…
News Dec 2024
Press release: £10million research centre to transform community engagement across the UK
New Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness to drive national change in policy and social equity A ground-breaking £10million…