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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.
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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.
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Voices of Big Local
Inspiring stories from the people making change happen in their communities.
What's the role of culture and creativity in community-led change? Research and stories from 150 Big Local areas
In the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, support from North meets...
Central Jarrow celebrate 10 years of Big Local impact, including inspiring the...
Hannah Slogget, Project lead at Nudge Community Builders in Plymouth, talks about...
Jessica Holmes, an artist part Creative West End in Morecambe shares how...
Matt Leach, Local Trust’s CEO, reflects on the last 12 months
Welcome to Don’t Get Any Ideas, a podcast series all about Creative...
As The Long Lost Year project comes to a close, we look...
Discover how residents of Blackwell Parish ignited community spirit through creativity.