LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 1/22 - The Legacy of Big Local

The Legacy of Big Local

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 2/22 - Table of Contents

Table of Contents

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 3/22 - Introduction

Introduction

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 4/22 - Profiles of the Big Local areas

Profiles of the Big Local areas

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 5/22 - do not form a `natural community

do not form a `natural community

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 6/22 - What is legacy in Big Local?

What is legacy in Big Local?

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 7/22 - means of enabling institutions to see th…

means of enabling institutions to see the benefit of working with the community; it was hoped that new ways of working and engagement would continue beyond the end of Big Local funding. Big Local areas also reported that their work had, in general, strengthened existing relationships between the community and their local authority. For the community, residents felt that they now had a voice in what the local authority does and helped provide a way for residents to express their concerns or wishes for the community. These improved relationships allowed for collaboration between local institutions and Big Local partnerships, adding value to the work of all partners. Whilst most areas reported improved relationships, some Big Local areas continued to have strained relationships with local institutions. Where this was the case, they felt this negatively impacted on their ability to delivery on their Big Local priorities.

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`The Rec - Barrow Islands kids play park Barrow Island Big Local paid for the renewal of a kids play park as one of their first activities a common early priority for many Big Local areas looking to deliver visible and tangible change in their areas (and highlighted by TSRCs 2017 report on Our Bigger Story areas). Previously, the local authority managed the park and, if equipment broke, they would remove it and not replace it. The partnership wanted to take on the play park project to show residents that improvements could be made to the island because of Big Local.

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 9/22 - Developing residents skills and confiden…

Developing residents skills and confidence

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 10/22 - Goldthorpe with Bolton-on-Dearnes housin…

Goldthorpe with Bolton-on-Dearnes housing project

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 11/22 - Investing in future generations

Investing in future generations

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committed � many areas saw it as being as important to find ways to sustain smaller, low resource activities alongside larger, more expensive ones.

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Areas reviewed their activities to determine if they were successful. This helped the partnership decide which activities to sustain � by investing in successful initiatives, it was felt that the potential for sustaining them after Big Local increased. Winding down funding Areas had plans to gradually reduce funding to some activities giving groups time to source alternative funding. Areas also changed how community grants were distributed by asking organisations to demonstrate how they would be financially sustainable after receiving a grant.

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 14/22 - had different ideas of where they would …

had different ideas of where they would get additional resources from. Two areas expected more money from Local Trust in addition to the �1 million and interest. Another area thought that the Big Lottery Fund and Local Trust should continue to fund the programme beyond the 10 years and �1 million. It was thought that without additional resources, there was a risk of losing the benefits already attained.

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� The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises. � People will feel that their area is an even better place to live.

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While it was difficult for areas to articulate their legacy and how they were planning for it, it was clear they were, in fact, all actively working towards leaving something behind after the �1million. The research found that Big Local areas saw their legacy as a combination of many things that were defined under five key themes, as mentioned above.

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 17/22 - Appendix

Appendix

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Forty interviews were recorded with consent and two activity-specific interviews were not recorded. Interviews were not transcribed, but detailed summaries were written for each interview. Limitations and challenges Research area characteristics The areas and participants included in the research were drawn exclusively from fast spending Big Local areas. Therefore, the data about potential support might be skewed to these areas with specific experiences (e.g. fast spenders) and may not apply across all 150 areas. To mitigate this, eight more areas with broader experiences and slower spends were included in the learning and networking event to help gather additional information about the potential support that could be provided to Big Local areas. The information from the event did not significantly deviate from the findings from the five area visits and in fact further reinforced what we had learned. Research questions During fieldwork and analysis, it became clear there was little to no distinction between the "planning" and "doing" around legacy, and was therefore challenging to clearly differentiate results for each research question. In particular, the second research question did not provide sufficient data, so the question has been incorporated data into question three. Use of "legacy" During the course of the research we reviewed how the term `legacy was used by the Big Lottery Fund and Local Trust. What we found showed how legacy, as a term, lacks consensus. The Big Lottery Fund highlights sustainability, planning and impact measurement through its literature while not specifically using the term `legacy. In contrast, recent Big Local research, learning events and partner events used the term `legacy quite freely linking it with `sustainability. The `Our Bigger Story (OBS) evaluation report has a section titled `sustainability and legacy clearly connecting the two. It defined the two terms as:

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 19/22 - Area profiles

Area profiles

LT-18-01-The-Legacy-of-Big-Local.pdf - page 20/22 - Large spend projects

Large spend projects

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Par Bay

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Large spend projects