Get to grips with our approach to help partnerships close out and move on from the Big Local programme with confidence.
Since launching in 2022, Make it Happen has given partnerships increased access to subject-specific support from external partners, as well as tailored area advisor and coordinator assignments, meaning many partnerships have been able to unblock key challenges, build partnership capacity and deliver at an increased pace.
As more areas now approach close out, we have reviewed how best to support partnerships to close out and move on from the Big Local programme.
The closing out and moving on approach has been designed to remove the administrative burden on partnerships in the final stages of the Big Local programme, and free up time and resource for them to focus on closing out with confidence.
It also recognises the thorough and purposeful way local people have delivered their funding so far and gives partnerships the support they need to move on from the programme, whatever their next steps look like.
Our new closing out and moving on approach:
The approach is based on learning from the closure of Creative Civic Change and has recently been piloted with Dover Big Local, Growing Together Northampton and Par Bay Big Local.
We will be prioritising conversations with areas that already have less than £75,000 of their Big Local funding remaining, including to help them complete support that is in place.
As an area approaches close out, Local Trust will get in touch to discuss next steps.
If you’re a Big Local partnership with questions in the meantime, please contact your area coordinator, advisor or your area’s funding lead at Local Trust.