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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Matt Leach

Michelle Brissett

Madeleine Jennings

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The Research and Policy Team at Local Trust conducts in-depth research and analysis to inform and shape policies that empower local communities. They focus on generating insights from initiatives like Big Local and Creative Civic Change, providing evidence-based recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of long-term, place-based funding, and advocating for community-driven solutions at the policy level.

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