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Big Local is an exciting opportunity for residents in 150 areas to create lasting change in their communities.
Essential guidance, information and ideas for Big Local partnerships, to help you deliver change in your community.
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.
Creative Civic Change
This new approach to funding enabled communities to use art and creativity to make positive local change.
The latest news and stories from Big Local areas and beyond, exploring community power and resident-led change.
News
The latest news and announcements from Local Trust and the Big Local programme.
Podcasts
Conversations exploring the most important issues affecting communities today.
Blogs
Ideas and insights about Big Local and the impact of community-led change.
Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
Explore how community spirit inspires resident-led change
A step-by-step guide to running a community veg-growing project
Simon Fanshawe explores community development through the lens of LGBTQ+ rights
Harriet can’t wait to discover and tell the stories of Big Local...
How a team used digital to drive positive change for the community
Resident-led change is here to stay
Capturing a lockdown lifeline on film
Our outgoing journalist-at-large bids farewell
A step-by-step guide to setting up a creative Christmas project
Matt Leach reflects on 2020, communities and confronting crisis