News from Local Trust and Big Local August 2019
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Community leadership | Free economy workshop tickets | Creating community space | Two weeks until Connects!
Supporting community leadership
As Big Local moves past the halfway point, every area has its own stories of the leadership local people have shown to change their areas for the better.
In this blog, Chris Falconer our Head of Programme Delivery introduces a new initiative to support inspiring community leaders emerging from Big Local.
Two weeks until Connects!
Big Local Connects, our biggest event of the year, is now just over two weeks away and there's so much to look forward to!
We've got sessions and workshops on topics ranging from exercise to art and improvisation to activism. If you're attending, watch out for a full update in your inbox in the next couple of days... or take a look at some of the activities on offer.
If you won't be joining us, keep up to date with all the action by following #Connects19 on Twitter or check out our Facebook.
Communities need more than just economic investment
What happens to a community when the shops and pubs shut their doors; the job market no longer offers opportunities to local people; and public services pull back, closing the youth clubs and libraries and leaving the community hubs with no staff? CEO Matt Leach writes for HuffPost.
Co-creating the future
Learn how to influence physical change in your Big Local area at our upcoming event with Create Streets. Hear from people who have ‘been there and done that’ and gain better understanding of how and why communities are, increasingly, leading development themselves.
Book your place and learn about follow up support available >>
Support for Big Local areas
Did you know that we work with the Directory of Social Change to offer bespoke training for Big Local areas free of charge? Or that you can join one of our regional clusters and meet up with and learn from areas near you?
Adaptables: Lottie Shed
Roy Howes from North West Ipswich Big Local explains how and why they built a community space on an allotment, and how you can too!
Local action on energy and climate change
What does climate change mean for Big Local areas and what actions can be taken at a local level?
Sign up now to attend the next in our series of Love Your Environment events all about energy and climate change.
Free tickets for Big Local areas
Stir to Action are running 'new economy programme' workshops across the UK this autumn, and we have 15 free tickets available for Big Local areas. Workshops will take place in Newcastle, Bradford, Plymouth, Bristol and London, focusing on topics from setting up a workers co-op to understanding community ownership. Find out more >>
