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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.
Find out how people coming together to advocate for themselves can make or break community power
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Lisa-Marie Giquel, our research assistant, shines light on findings from the Big...
Taz Virdee from Heston West shares what his area has learned from...
David King, Partnerships coordinator at Local Trust, asks if it's really possible...
David King, Partnerships coordinator at Local Trust, outlines why we have decided...
A factsheet for Big Local areas
The role of specialist support in the delivery of Big Local.
The role of the rep in supporting the delivery of Big Local.
GDPR can seem complicated and difficult to understand, particularly for community groups....