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About Big Local
Big Local is the project for 150 areas in England (chosen as eg deprived and not having had much lottery funding) where funding from the Lottery (£1m over 10 years, £100,000 a year – working out to £2,000 a week for each area) is given for interested residents to work together to:
* meet needs in the area
* make the area in which they live even better
Ideas given about how the Big Local is meant to be:
* What is the Big Local all about? (booklet given out at Christmas 2012 from the Local Trust managers – they have a also have a website which covers detailed subjects that may be of interest.)
“Who are the key people? You are. Unlike lots of big initiatives, this is about putting residents in charge. You have to make sure everyone in your area can input on the plans and decisions - and you get access to lots of local support including a Big Local rep.”
From the Chief Executive Debbie Ladds “Local Trust wants you to plan and lead Big Local in your area and we also want you to have access to the right support along the way”
“Big Local partnerships will also decide whether there are suitable locally trusted organisations who can administer the different types of funding, or whether they want Local Trust to help”
“The Big Local resident and community led approach is informed by learning from past community based programmes that indicate that the things that matter most are:
* light touch support (etc).”
“The activities should help to spread the word about Big Local and make sure people locally know how they can get involved. So you should think about, for instance, how to include young and older people, people with families and caring responsibilities, people of different religions or beliefs and ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities and people with different wishes about how they want to be involved.”
