Build what comes next: Local Trust shares lessons from 15 years of Big Local

Local Trust has launched a new campaign sharing lessons from 15 years of the Big Local programme, highlighting how long-term, flexible funding can support stronger, more connected communities. Through the campaign, “Take what we’ve learned and build what comes next”, Local Trust is encouraging policymakers, funders and practitioners to apply learning from 150 communities across England to future approaches to neighbourhood renewal and community development. Over more than a decade, Big Local invested more than £1m in each of the 150 neighbourhoods across England, giving residents the power to decide…

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12 community organisations launch platform to unleash new wave of community activism

Leading community sector infrastructure organisations in the UK have come together to create an online network to inspire and enable local people to act for themselves on the issues they care about in their community. My Community is the brainchild of 12 leading organisations including Power to Change, Locality, Acre, Groundwork, Local Trust, Plunkett Foundation, Co-operatives UK, MHCLG, NAVCA, New Economics Foundation, NCVO and Semble. Launching this week, it provides a go-to space of trusted resources to help people find the information they need about the support options available, while…

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