Local Trust CEO Matt Leach reflects on the story of the Big Local programme and how it has transformed neighbourhoods across England.
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The Big Local story
This summary report distils extensive research on the design and delivery of the Big Local programme, providing some lessons for the implementation of a proposed Community Wealth Fund.
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Skills
Evidence on the importance of capacity building and community leadership in the success of local areas
A report for Local Trust from Frontier Economics
blog Feb 2024
Local economies
Capacity building, community leadership and the success of local areas
A new report from Frontier Economics sheds light on the importance of capacity building and local leadership when investing in ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods.
blog Feb 2024
Power and leadership
Weaving the social fabric: Keir Starmer’s call for a renewed social contract
Local Trust CEO Matt Leach finds echoes of the past and some positive signs for the future of local…
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The Community Wealth Fund
The campaign for a Community Wealth Fund aims to secure funding for 225 doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods in England.
blog Feb 2024
Local economies
Spaces and services
Every community counts: The Levelling Up White Paper two years on
On the second anniversary of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Stefan Noble, Director and Head of Research at Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI), reflects on the development of the Community Needs Index.