A study of community engagement within the Big Local programme

This project was commissioned by Local Trust and explored various facets of community engagement, looking at similarities and differences between Big Local areas in terms of engaging their communities and teasing out what learning might be shared.

The aim of the research was to increase understanding of community engagement in Big Local areas: what drives it; how it is being approached in different contexts; where it is working well; and what is being learnt about effective engagement that others could learn from.