Local Trust was established to deliver Big Local, a unique initiative that puts residents across the country in control of decisions about their own lives and neighbourhoods. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, it provides in excess of £1m of long-term funding over 10-15 years to 150 local communities that have historically missed out on lottery and other funding.

Big Local is generating new and important learning and insight around the potential and limits of localism; the challenges of long term, place-based funding; and the limitless potential of local people to transform their own futures.  

We’ve just launched our first ever arts programme, Creative Civic Change, a joint initiative with the Big Lottery Fund and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) which will enable communities to transform themselves through arts and creativity.

Our research project, The Future for Communities, shares findings from an 18-month research project asking ‘What needs to happen for communities to feel and be more powerful in the future?'​.


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The Area Support Team at Local Trust provides hands-on assistance and guidance to local communities involved in the Big Local initiative. This team is responsible for coordinating and supporting community-led projects, ensuring effective implementation of funded initiatives, and empowering residents to make decisions that shape their neighborhoods. They work closely with community members to foster collaboration, share insights, and overcome challenges, aiming to maximize the impact of long-term, place-based funding.

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