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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.
As chair of Rastrick Big Local, Amanda Caldwell has overseen projects...
What's coming up in the final 12 months of the Big...
In the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, support from North...
This paper examines education and employment at the neighbourhood level
After joining Keighley Big Local in 2016, chair Fiona Thompson shares...
When life got tough for Vicky Williamson, a chance encounter with...
A small grant from Big Local North East Hastings enabled parents...
Nyah explains how volunteering at Birchfield Big Local in Birmingham has...
How can racism and discrimination be tackled at community level through...
Our new website that shares our learning from the Big Local programme is now live
