The Big Local Impact Big Local Partnership wish to commission a series of activities to support them to develop the organisational systems and process to respond to their growth. The partnership wishes to formalise and strengthen its internal processes and systems and understand capacity and resource needs to support current activity. This commission is organised […]
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Big Local Impact Case Study: Black Swan
Big Local Impact is supporting Black Swan, a virtual ‘Wellness to Work Initiative’ for Lambeth residents. Black Swan aims to combat the barriers faced by black people living with long-term conditions, barriers to employment and structural racism. The pandemic has highlighted the inequality in livelihood, status and health for the black community. Andrea Wright explains […]
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Sound Waves: Combatting PTSD
Understanding the biology behind PTSD can make combatting it less daunting. This was just one of the lessons shared during Sound Waves’ latest Webinar.
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Big Local Impact Success Stories: Cheryl Jumbo’s Black Beauty & Fashion Award
“I have come this far and can’t stop.” 2020 is a challenging year for all entrepreneurs. Cheryl Jumbo has had to adapt to get her fashion awards up and running this year. But this is a demand she is used to. With the support of Big Local Impact Cheryl successfully developed the Black Beauty & […]
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Vassall & Coldharbour COVID-19 Emergency Response Consortium: What Is Most Pressing During Lockdown?
Big Local Impact is a member of Vassall & Coldharbour Covid-19 Emergency Response Consortium. The local grassroots organisations had their first meeting since we went into a second national lockdown. It was an opportunity to explain what they were up to and what the groups saw as the most pressing needs. The latest restrictions have […]
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Sound Waves: Mothers of children lost to gun and knife crime speak with Assist Trauma Care
The loss of a child is devastating and indescribable. Rather than trying to forget, one coping solution could be helping parents to remember their children without the trauma. This was one of the many ideas explored during the workshop run by Sound Waves – a Big Local Impact project. Sound Waves is run by mothers […]
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Kwazi Cort
Jedidah Onchere, Community Development Coordinator for Big Local Impact, writes: He breezed in like a whirlwind and made me the happiest community development worker of the day. The last time I saw him, he was aiming for the sky but according to him, he did not know how to relate to the wider society. I […]
Continue readingRestorative practice
I turned up on time to the restorative practice event at Coin Street Conference Centre and it was already packed to the brim. As usual, we got introductory speeches to set the scene but what was different about this event was that it was organised for practitioners and the community. There was not a shortage […]
Continue readingCall for core funding comeback
If you run a grassroots organisation and have been around for a decade or so, you would be experiencing the fallout of the changing strategies of funders. The landscape is unrecognisable from ten years ago. Funders, donors and stakeholders have overhauled the way grants are awarded, almost eliminating core funding under the guise of misuse […]
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