Kirkholt Big Local

About Big Local

What is Big Local and Local Trust?

Big Local is a programme running for at least 10 years, to achieve lasting change in up to 150 areas around England. It provides a mixture of funding, finance and support. It builds on local talents and aspirations to help people in Big Local areas identify and act on their own needs to make their areas even better places to live, now and in the future.

Big Local supports the areas and will continue to do so for at least 10 years to make use of at least £1 million per area made available by Local Trust from the Big Local Trust, a new independent charitable trust that the Big Lottery Fund has endowed with about £200 million.

Big Local provides people with support, training and encouragement to develop and take ownership of Big Local in their area. There will be a unique programme of activity in each area based on local needs meeting the Big Local outcomes. Big Local supports communities to identify issues and then plan and develop solutions. We believe this provides local solutions to long-term issues and ultimately will create even better places to live across the UK.

What’s it not about?

It’s NOT about our local authority, the government or a national organisation telling us what to do.

It’s NOT about individual groups fixing their favourite problem without talking to a wide range of different people who live and work in the community.

It’s NOT about short-term thinking - we’ve got 10 years or more to plan and deliver the best options for our area.

Contact Information

Kirkholt Big Local

Mobile: 07540 888 641

Meeting times

Kirkholt Big Local Steering Group

 

Thursday February 6th 2014, 6:30pm - TRAK Community Base, The Strand, Kirkholt