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News Jul 2021
New research lifts the lid on community responses to data poverty
Community groups stepped up to help people experiencing data poverty during the pandemic but are unlikely to be able to continue to plug the gap without support, a new report has found.
research Spaces and services
Making connections: Community-led action on data poverty
How are communities helping people to stay connected?
newsletter
Local Trust newsletter June 2021
Andy Haldane hosts Local Trust’s inaugural community power lecture.
News Jul 2021
Social infrastructure investment vital to economic recovery of ‘left behind’ areas, new research shows
£1m investment in community spaces and facilities could return £3.2m, new research shows.
research Local economies
Power and leadership
The double dividend
The social and economic benefits of investing in social infrastructure and its potential to level up ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods.
blog Jul 2021
Organising and deciding
Power and leadership
When a community has more power, what happens next?
Local Trust’s senior researcher Lucy Terry tells us all about the revelations from the new Power in Partnerships report.
research Power and leadership
Power in Big Local partnerships
A report exploring power within decision making in Big Local.