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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
Bringing the community together through photography
Looking at community action during COVID-19.
Plans in store for resident-led hub for local people
The Big Local areas bridging 325 miles to share seasonal celebrations
Find out what Big Local residents want from the government's new planning...
Matt Leach's response to Danny Kruger's proposal
Read Local Trust’s response to the Education Select Committee Inquiry into left...
The project aiming to transform a local park into a multi-purpose space