Logo for Locality members
If you're a Locality member you can use this logo on your website and your publications. If...
An introduction to the Community Right to Challenge
Read our short introduction to the Community Right to Challenge. The Community Right to Challenge will let...
An introduction to neighbourhood planning
Read out short introduction to neighbourhood planning, including the six steps to creating a neighbourhood plan. Locality...
Member engagement consultation
The results of our consultation with our members on how we engage with them
Making the most of local assets – a councillors’ guide
This guide explores the range of tools available to unleash the creativity, innovation and growth flowing...
Protecting Ealing’s historic centre
Ealing Civic Society and Save Ealing’s Centre are working in partnership to protect Ealing's historic centre. Save...
Building a community garden in Haydon
Sarah Westell, a nurse and volunteer in Haydon, Somerset, brought together friends and neighbours to create...
Mitcham Cricket Green
Mitcham Cricket Green Community and Heritage is a group dedicated to protecting and improving the area...
Planning Camp presentations
Planning experts and people from local groups talked about their experiences of taking part in the neighbourhood planning process and held a series of workshops, presentations and discussions.
Planning Camp visual minutes
Freelance artists employed by the Eden Project made some brilliant 'visual minutes' to capture the ideas and discussions which took place at Planning Camp.
Localism – the key components
Localism is a major element of the government's policy and much of the localism agenda affects...
Reality bytes in Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis Development Trust is using technology available to anyone with a smartphone to bring their coastline – England’s only World Heritage Site - to life.
Quick guide to the Community Right to Bid
Quick guide to the Community Right to Bid
Fit for Purpose: a healthcheck for community organisations
This toolkit helps community organisations make sure that they have the building blocks in place for...
Choosing a legal structure
This toolkit is for anyone considering establishing a community anchor organisation. It's designed to be used in...
Locality Energy Action Group overview
The Locality Energy Buying Group initiative will place members’ energy consumption within a single portfolio -...
Guide to Community Rights and the Localism Act
Locality's guide to Community Rights and the Localism Act
So you want to build a house
Community housing: a practical guide. This guide is a collection of the practical lessons learned by community...
To Have and To Hold
The second edition of this guide, published in 2010, provides a broad range of information, resources...
The story of a merger: DTA and bassac create Locality
IVAR's report on how DTA and bassac created Locality
Early Warning Guide
The Early Warning Guide was developed by the Development Trusts Association (now Locality) in 2008 to help you identify the warning signs of potential problems for your organisation as early as possible.
The history of our movement
The Locality network is part of a long, proud history of local communities ambitious to make change.
Community owned swimming pools
Guidance for Community Owned and Managed Swimming Pools has been written in partnership with the ASA...
Pillars of Community: The transfer of heritage assets
All over the country, community-based organisations are taking on responsibility for managing assets that were formerly...
Legal toolkit for community asset transfer
As part of the Asset Transfer Unit's work in making the process of transfer more effective,...
Best Value guidance
Locality has submitted a response to the DCLG consultation on the Best Value Draft Statutory Guidance.
Community-led spaces:A guide for local authorities and community groups
A guide to the issues involved in transferring ownership and management of public space from local...
Marsh Street Arches and Garden CIC
Marsh Street Gardens Marsh Street Arches and Gardens CIC, based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, negotiated a community asset...
Great Yarmouth Community Trust
The Great Yarmouth Community Trust obtained an asset transfer of a Grade 1 listed building. This case study and film documents their journey through a 12 month period of refurbishment.
A history of community asset ownership
A history of community asset ownership was written by Steve Wyler, CEO of Locality. It gives an...
Ambleside Parish Centre
Collaboration for service delivery in a rural community - a case study from Ambleside Parish Centre. Collaboration...
Case studies, Collaboration, Collaboration: Case studies, Enterprise
Locality convention presentations
At our annual convention we had lots interesting speakers and useful workshops. Here you can find...
Assets, Big Society, Collaboration, Community Allowance, Community shares, Enterprise, Housing, Localism, Mergers, Planning, Social action, social finance, Sustainability, Work programme
Making a difference together?
This resource offers a guide to planning, monitoring and evaluating voluntary and community sector collaborative working.
Benefiting everyone: Commissioning, community organisations and collaboration
This resource provides an introduction to how community organisations can enhance commissioning and improve the bidding process through collaboration.
Collaboration for communities: Giving power to partnership
This resource has been developed to guide facilitators of collaboration through the several stages of supporting a collaborative venture. It sets out the key issues you will face and provides a framework for organising and planning your support.
Stories of Collaboration in Advocacy
This resource showcases examples of effective collaboration between independent advocacy organisations.
Community Budgets briefing
Locality has produced a briefing on phase two of Community Budgets: neighbourhood level and whole-place community...
Locality response to the DCLG consultation: Draft National Planning Policy Framework
Locality has submitted a response to the Department for Communities and Local Government’s consultation: Draft National...
Open Public Services White Paper: Locality response
Locality has submitted a response to the Cabinet Office consultation on the Open Public Services White...
Big Society, Enterprise, Localism, Policy, Public Sector Cuts, Social action, Work programme
Creating Better Neighbourhoods
Access useful resources from our neighbourhood planning event on 13 September 2011. Communities planning for a better...
Here we stand: a Locality position paper
Here we stand sets out our position as a movement and where we stand on key...
Assets, Big Society, Development trusts, Enterprise, Localism, Mergers, Policy, Public Sector Cuts, Settlements, Social action
Locality respond the PASC Enquiry into the Big Society
Locality has submitted evidence to the Public Administration Committee (PASC) Enquiry into the Big Society. The Public Administration...
The Challenge Fund
This paper makes the case for a Challenge Fund to be established by the Department for...
Big Society, Community Allowance, Development trusts, Policy, Settlements, Social action, Work programme
A community response to the riots
The Locality network's initial response to the August riots.
Big Society, Development trusts, Policy, Public Sector Cuts, Settlements, Social action
Premises for the voluntary and community sector in London
This report looks at the issues affecting premises provision for the voluntary and community sector in London.
Assets, Development trusts, Enterprise, Multi-purpose, Settlements
Responding to the riots
Read the experiences of our members in the recent riots.
Not the Chapeltown Riots
Article written by Alex Sobel, from Locality member Chapeltown Development Trust in Leeds, following the August 2011 riots that...
A New Moral World
An article by Steve Wyler, Chief Executive Officer of Locality. This article was published in a collection...
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