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Fascinating news, blogs, podcasts and community stories concerning community change
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
Voices of Big Local Feb 2019
Culture and creativity
The community archaeologist
Barry Mead, CELL Big Local, chats to our journalist-at-large about how he and a team of incredible volunteers unlocked hundreds of thousands of pounds to secure the future of a medieval castle
blog Feb 2019
Health and wellbeing
Skills
What does being “left behind” mean in practice?
Stefan Noble, OCSI, and Margaret Bolton, Local Trust, outline findings from the first draft of OCSI’s research exploring “left behind” areas and ask for your feedback on the analysis