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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.
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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.
Read about how people are creating community power every day
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Big Local areas involved in refreshing their community grants programme share their...
Exploring communications challenges and opportunities faced by Big Local areas
Guidance for public agencies about working with community groups
James Masters from Grange Big Local reflects on completing the Community Leadership...
We teamed up with Just Ideas and the Institute for Voluntary Action...
A step-by-step guide to running a community veg-growing project
How Barnfield resident, Susan, has supported her neighbours with loneliness and isolation