Our Bigger Story: the Longitudinal Multi Media Evaluation of Big Local

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Our Bigger Story: the Longitudinal Multi Media Evaluation of Big Local

Project Director: Rob Macmillan (CRESR) / Angus McCabe (University of Birmingham)
Project Duration: 2018-2025

Big Local is a long-term resident-led programme established in 2010 which provides resources and support to 150 communities across England. It works with an underpinning ethos expressed in the hypothesis that ‘long term funding and support to build capacity gives residents in ‘hyperlocal’ areas agency to take decisions and to act to create positive and lasting change’. 'Our Bigger Story' is the longitudinal multi-media evaluation that runs alongside Big Local, charting the stories of change in 15 different Big Local areas, covering urban, rural and seaside communities.

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The project team also includes Mandy Wilson (freelance researcher), Paul Morgans (independent film maker), Matt Edwards (University of Birmingham).

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Rob Macmillan

Rob Macmillan 

Principal Research Fellow

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Ellie Munro

Ellie Munro

Research Associate

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Peter Wells 28583

Peter Wells

Professor of Public Policy Analysis and Evaluation

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