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Local Trust is a place-based funder supporting communities to achieve their ambitions.
Find out more

Go straight to…
Our team

Trustees

Governance

Finance

Jobs

Tenders

Contact us
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Big Local

Big Local

Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
About the programme

Support centre

Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
Visit the support centre

< Back to main menu
Other programmes

Other programmes

Find out how the principles of Big Local have inspired other programmes creating change in local communities.

Community Leadership Academy

Supporting volunteers involved in Big Local projects to develop their skills and knowledge.
Find out more

Creative Civic Change

This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
Find out more

< Back to main menu
News and stories

News and stories

The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
Explore

Go straight to…

News

The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
Read more

Podcasts

Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
Listen now

Blogs

Ideas and insights about Big Local and the impact of community-led change.
Read more

Voices of Big Local

Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Read more

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blog Sep 2023 Organising and deciding Power and leadership

The past and future of neighbourhood renewal policy

Local Trust’s CEO Matt Leach examines previous governments’ approaches to neighbourhood renewal, and how we will bring learnings from the Big Local programme to this autumn’s party conferences.

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blog Sep 2023 Organising and deciding Power and leadership

Local Trust welcomes publication of consultation on a Community Wealth Fund

Local Trust’s CEO Matt Leach explores the proposals in the government’s technical consultation, and what a CWF could mean for levelling-up ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods.

blog Sep 2023 Power and leadership

How funders can facilitate community-led transformation

What does it mean for a funder to enable communities to define and lead their own transformation?

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Understanding change in place-based approaches

Reflections on Local Trust’s first academic research seminar

blog Sep 2023 Community spirit Environment Local economies

Lawrence Weston’s winds of change: how the climate movement can help achieve social fairness

James Goodman, Local Trust’s director of legacy, explores Ambition Lawrence Weston Big Local’s journey to social fairness and net zero to accompany a new report from the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE).