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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.
Tools and inspiration to improve health and wellbeing in your area
Callum Hills, Dyke House Big Local, who takes a lead role in...
Brookside Big Local help people source good food and reduce landfill
Nurturing confidence, skills and friendships
Stefan Noble, OCSI, and Margaret Bolton, Local Trust, outline findings from the...
Tang Hall Big Local invited Louise Tickle, journalist-at-large, behind the scenes at...
Jacqui Cook, ChART Big Local, shares how within 9 weeks, a mixture...
Jazz, 17, works with young people in Ewanrigg Big Local, as part...
Jack Airey, Head of Research at Localis, outlines some of the key...