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Power and leadership

What influences power and leadership within communities?

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Community spirit Power and leadership
Learning from Big Local: evidence from 15 years of community-led change

After 15 years, 150 communities, and over £200 million invested, we...
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Rewilding civic life: Can we cultivate social capital? If so, how?

This working paper brings together evidence from the Big Local programme...
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Community spirit Local economies Power and leadership
All Together for Community Connectedness: How research strengthens social connection

Professor Sarah Pearson, Director of the Centre for Collaboration in Community...
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Party conferences 2025: the highlights reel

As the political party conference season draws to a close for...
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Mission Critical 04: A new relationship between people and the state

This report proposes a new framework for rethinking the relationship between...
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Local economies Power and leadership
Government confirms Community Wealth Fund will support England’s doubly disadvantaged neighbourhoods

England's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods will receive vital investment in social infrastructure...
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Local economies Power and leadership
Government acts on Local Trust’s call to put residents in charge of neighbourhood renewal

We welcome the government's announcement of its Pride in Place programme,...
Voices of Big Local
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Changemakers: An unexpected journey to community leadership

When Yvonne Griggs left school, she was told she’d never hold...
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Organising and deciding Power and leadership
Supporting workers as your Big Local area closes out: A guide for partnerships and LTOs

Download our guide for help supporting your Big Local workers during...

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