In the Big Local area of North meets South, chair Roy Figes explains how they broke down barriers and brought two communities together. Find out how they have been addressing issues affecting younger people and listening to what residents really wanted for their area.
Breaking down barriers to opportunity is one of the new Labour government’s five national missions. In this blog, Millie Dessent, policy officer at Local Trust, focuses on the role of neighbourhood-level action in supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential at school and beyond.
This paper examines education and employment at the neighbourhood level
Getting involved in Big Local helped Donna Crutcher through a tough time. She explains how the caring community she has known since childhood has benefitted from a shared space and new opportunities for connection.
This paper looks at economic inequalities at the neighbourhood level and what can be done to help, as part of our series, ‘Making the government’s missions work in neighbourhoods’
Securing sustainable economic growth in every region of the UK is the new Labour government’s flagship mission, without which…
Local Trust is a place-based funder supporting people and their communities to achieve their ambitions
Discover how the Labour government’s missions can be implemented on a neighbourhood level.
With the government’s movement towards a neighbourhood health service, Kyle Vanelli, policy officer at Local Trust, looks at the potential for neighbourhood-level action to transform the way we treat health on a national level.
