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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.
From ground-up innovations to government budgets, find out what 'economy' means to different communities
A report exploring what we learned from our tour of England to...
The importance of 'levelling up' at a hyper-local level
How do you think community-led activity can be scaled up?
A snapshot of community economic development initiatives from Big Local areas
Local Industrial Strategies and opportunities for exploring alternative economic development approaches, including...
New APPG will improve prospects of most deprived areas
Why communities should be involved in policy making
Measuring the impact of Big Local