2. Big Local = resident led regeneration (No really, it is, really………………)
No-one applied – based on need and fairness
Partnership board must be at least 51% (is actually 75%)
Additional funding to build capacity – encouraged to share and learn
No imposed deadlines or targets, very little blueprint
Plans are endorsed not approved
Hands off (Local Trust)/Hands on (Rep) at no cost
Not what Lottery expected – surprised by level of community activism
People v place/people and place

4. Telling positive stories

5. Getting involved

6. Entrepreneurship

7. Tackle the big challenges

8. How does engagement work in Big Local?

9. Leading from the back
My biggest challenge – ‘support’ can easily become ‘doing for’
Working at the place people are and not where they (you?) want them to be
‘It’s hard’ is not what loses people but lack of control and influence definitely does, small steps are key
Successful partnership boards are about people and personality, skills can be learned/bought in
This way of working is challenging for other organisations
Role of the LTO is pivotal

10. Blank sheet of paper syndrome
Just do something, make a start, be visible
Getting Started and Pathway funding
Mistakes are encouraged (learning by doing)
1 year plan and 10 year vision
Learning and developing – moving on to impact
Identifying the USP, where value is added
Freedom to do things differently - £1m can be insignificant but discretion never is

11. Different voices Consensus if you’re lucky
Negativity and apathy, passion and anger (some righteous)
Geographic alliances and history
Identifying, valuing and celebrating a different kind of knowledge
Young people and ??
Outside front door v life chances
Not about representation

12. Playing nicely with others
Doing things differently and doing different things
Resentment and distrust
Political dimension
Officers raising their heads above the parapet
Taking risk
Community credibility
Taking an asset approach but not denying structural issues – could let policy makers off the hook

13. Sharing a hymn sheet WHERE are we GOING
‘Where are we going?’
‘I don’t know. I thought you knew.’
‘No, I don’t know. Maybe she knows.’
‘No. She definitely doesn’t know.’
PAUSE
‘Maybe no-one knows.’
‘Oh well. I hope it’s nice when we get there.’
Long term goals, short term actions
Ownership and responsibility
Shared understanding of what success looks like
Review and evaluation – this is all about change

14. One year on…….what do we think we have learned?

15. Negativity

17. Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy

19. Growing our impact 15,000 people. 8,000 homes.
Next year – 100 people involved
Now – actively involved
Phase 1 – actively involved
15,000 people. 8,000 homes.

20. What might this mean for you?
Don’t be afraid of the big challenges.
Start with who is in front of you. Invest in relationships.
Be nimble. Look for change.
Embrace diversity. Continually learn from each other.
Networks – you don’t know who is around.
Build on what is already there. Capacity still important.