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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.
How are communities responding to COVID-19? Research and stories from 150 Big Local areas
Our director of policy on the Big Local response to COVID-19
Big Local residents prepare for celebrations in lockdown
Parents of children with disabilities connect online
The Big Local initiatives supporting families during COVID-19
The community group making masks and soap from scratch
How will communities respond to and recover from the COVID-19 crisis?
The online training courses preparing residents for a return to work ...
A step by step guide on how to support residents to grow...