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Skills

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Community spirit Equality, diversity and inclusion Skills
Events and opportunities in Big Local’s final year

What's coming up in the final 12 months of the Big Local...
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Community spirit Skills
Starting your own community football team: A community action...

Download this community action plan to get started with setting up a...
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Power and leadership Skills
What I wish I knew before starting out: Insights...

Read key insights from the 2024 Locality Convention

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Organising and deciding Power and leadership Skills
Funding pots open for applications this winter

We've rounded up seven funding pots that are open for applications between...
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Towards opportunity for all: Addressing educational inequalities one neighbourhood...

Breaking down barriers to opportunity is one of the new Labour government’s...
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Changemakers: Investing in people and local organisations in East...

In an overlooked area of East Finchley, chair of Grange Big Local,...
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‘People start walking around with their heads held high...

Working in a community facing severe food poverty, Northwood Together Big Local...
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‘It’s about young people’s voices’

At Newington Big Local’s popular Chill Club young people gain cooking skills,...
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Evidence on the importance of capacity building and community...

A report for Local Trust from Frontier Economics
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