Big Locals Together: Life After Funding
Business planning for a national network of Big Local communities preparing for life after funding.
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The question
How could a peer network of Big Local areas keep going once their ten-year Big Local funding ends?
Members needed a shared purpose, a viable model and a proposition funders would back.
What we did
We co-created a Theory of Change with members, researched ten comparable networks and organisations, and tested options at network meetings.
We then built a costed model, from a lean first transition year through to a charity with a central team and regional reach.
What happened next
Members circulated our research and development models across the network to choose their way forward.
The group relaunched as Amazing Communities Together, recruited its first trustees and began working towards charity registration, as the plan proposed.
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