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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.
How can spaces and services impact people's ability to support each other and thrive in a community?
The impact of resident-led neighbourhood-based initiatives in deprived communities.
The fund will help communities invest in local assets.
Local Trust's CEO Matt Leach shares details about the closure of Local...
Local Trust’s CEO Matt Leach explores what a state refocused around prevention...
This essay from Demos argues that we need a state which is...
What Big Local areas are leaving behind – and what they're taking...
Exploring the ways Big Local areas connect with public agencies.