Apr 16
New Community Organisers hosts chosen
We've chosen the fourth round of Community Organisers hosts
Apr 13
From vodka bottles to vegetables – garden blooms in Halifax
From a derelict patch of land and a skip full of vodka bottles, a beautiful garden...
Apr 2
Village SOS funding awarded to Locality Members
Congratulations to Locality members Middleton Plus Development Trust, Lynemouth Community Trust, Wells Maltings Trust and Mawr...
Mar 22
Assets conference – Hebden Bridge
Locality and partners are holding a national conference on community asset transfer in Hebden Bridge on...
Mar 6
Fresh Horizons creates cinema in local library
Fresh Horizons in Huddersfield has won funding from the Arts Council to build a cinema in...
Feb 27
Make your community enterprise a success
Our tried and tested SOAR programme gives you expert help to make your community enterprise a success.
Feb 14
Reality bytes in Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis Development Trust is using digital technology to bring their coastline – England’s only...
Feb 3
Locality holds first Change Exchange
The first Locality Change Exchange took place on the 26th January 2012 at the Abbey Centre in London.
Assets, Big Society, Community Rights, Localism, London and South East region, Policy, Public Sector Cuts, Social action, Speaking truth to power, Work programme
Jan 18
Community Rights
Locality has produced a quick guide to the Community Right to Bid and the Community Right...
Jan 17
New Locality members
Welcome to the new community organisations and social enterprises joining Locality
Jan 12
Oliver Letwin MP praises development trusts
Oliver Letwin, MP for West Dorset, admires the brilliant work of development trusts highlighting the Lyme Regis Development Trust and new Bridport Development Trust.
Jan 11
Finding Britain’s New Radicals
Innovation, enterprise, Finding Britain's New Radicals, Observer, NESTA
Enterprise, Impact, Innovation, Social action, social finance
Jan 6
TUPE – call for evidence from our sector
Please complete our survey on TUPE - the legislation designed to protect employees' rights if and when you take on a local authority contract
Dec 13
Community Organisers – 12 new hosts chosen
The third round of community organisers hosts has been chosen
Dec 8
Local Energy Assessment Fund
Locality is offering support to apply for the Local Energy Assessment Fund
Dec 5
Welcome to new Locality members
A warm welcome to the new full and associate members joining the Locality network this month. Full...
Nov 16
Localism Bill gets royal nod of approval giving a vote of confidence to can-do communities
The Localism Bill, which has been making its ways through Parliament since December last year, received Royal Assent yesterday, to become the Localism Act. Locality, the UK’s leading network of multi-purpose, community-led organisations, is pleased that the legislation now exists to help ensure local people and groups have a real opportunity to shape and influence their communities.
Nov 3
560 gather at UK’s biggest community enterprise and social action event
On 1-2 November Manchester city centre played host to Locality ’11, the UK’s largest community enterprise...
Big Society, Community Organisers, Enterprise, Social action
Oct 4
First community organisers begin training
First tranche of community organisers have started their year of training
Sep 23
Free national events series to help rural communities
Village SOS Roadshow series launches in Bristol. Monday 10 October The Watershed, Bristol FREE event The Big Lottery Fund is...
Sep 21
Community Organisers: 11 new areas chosen
11 new Community Organiser hosts have been chosen
Community Organisers, Development trusts, Settlements, Social action
Sep 5
Best value guidance are a welcome step forward in ending ‘cut now consult later’ approach
Locality welcomes the launch of the Government’s Best Value guidance and is pleased that its calls...
Aug 17
Shape your neighbourhood with Building Community
Building Community offers free support to help local communities plan their neighbourhoods
Aug 10
New support for communities to combat rural decline through enterprise
Village SOS Active is a new campaign that has been launched to help people in rural...
Jul 19
Community Organisers: host recruitment open
Locality is looking for up to 200 organisations to act as 'hosts' for community organisers
Jun 16
Community organisers: recruitment begins
The recruitment process begins to find the first 30 senior community organisers.
Jun 1
Public sector commitment to asset transfer holds firm
Results and recommendations from SQW's independent evaluation of the Asset Transfer Unit
May 16
Locality welcomes Acevo Big Society report
Locality welcomes Acevo’s Big Society report, and calls on the government to back the report’s key...
Apr 14
Government responds to Locality’s demand for Right to Reshape
The Government has answered Locality's demand for a minimum three months moratorium on implementing cuts to allow an opportunity for public bodies and community groups and service users to explore alternatives and if possible co-design fresh solutions.
Apr 13
Building Community Consortium selected to help communities shape local development
Building Community Consortium selected to help communities shape local development
Apr 6
Locality to ‘mobilise a million’ for local change
200 practitioners and supporters of community-led renewal will gather today at the House of Lords to...
Mar 22
Locality chosen as OCS strategic partner
The Office of Civil Society has chosen Locality as one of its nine strategic partners. The programme will run until 2014 and provides funding for national bodies to represent the views of frontline community and voluntary services.
Mar 2
Government responds to Locality demands for Right to Reshape moratorium
In recent weeks Locality has highlighted to government the disproportionate impact of cuts on local community...
Feb 19
Locality to kick start Community Organisers
The government has chosen Locality to lead the Community Organisers programme
Jan 6
Steve Wyler to lead Locality
A new organisation supporting communities ambitious for change bassac and the Development Trusts Association (DTA) have announced...