In our latest blog, Local Trust’s CEO, @mattleach.bsky.social , outlines how, in an era of crisis and uncertainty, #BigLocal areas have been demonstrating community resilience and effective community first response. Read the blog: buff.ly/wxTSDoH [🧵2/3]

Huge thanks to @localtrust.org.uk, VCS Emergencies Partnership, Robyn Knox, @mattleach.bsky.social, Margaret Bolton, Groundwork, National Emergencies Trust, and many others. 3/3

And if you haven’t already, listen to the final episode of series three with our CEO @mattleach.bsky.social as he shares his insights into the evolution of these Big Local areas and what sets their journeys apart: buff.ly/Y9fAQFy [2/2]

We're pleased to also publish a separate briefing paper which explains the definition of social capital we refer to throughout this series, 'What is Social Capital'. ⬇️

demos.co.uk/research/soc...

You can find out more about 3Ni, the new @localtrust.bsky.social spin-out, and its mission to support local government and other public agencies put social capital and neighbourhood working at the heart of their work by contacting them via the info form at localtrust.org.uk/policy/natio...

An appreciation of the importance of social capital is also at the heart of the work of the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods who are likely to report this spring on the need for policies to deliver change at a neighbourhood level. www.neighbourhoodscommission.org.uk

I recently blogged about the extent to which you can see the impact of social capital in action on the ground in places like Newington in Kent localtrust.org.uk/news-and-sto... and how that can inspire wider changes in how we think about policy and practice at a neighbourhood level

The importance of social capital to society was highlighted last month in David Halpern and Andy Haldane's report on the importance of bringing a focus on social capital back to the heart of policy demos.co.uk/research/soc...

The report is timely, given the spiralling pressures on public service budgets. And builds on @localtrust.bsky.social 's work with Demos over the last couple of years - initially through their compelling report on the need to build a #preventativestate. demos.co.uk/research/the...

You can find out more about 3Ni, and its new mission to support local government and other public agencies put social capital and neighbourhood working at the heart of their work here localtrust.org.uk/policy/natio...

And I've blogged here about the extent to which you can see the impact of social capital in action on the ground in places like Newington in Kent localtrust.org.uk/news-and-sto...

David Halpern previews his report here @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/5575..., highlighting the extent to which boosting social capital could have huge dividends for national productivity, GDP and growth

At a time when Britain faces significant economic and fiscal pressures, the reports will focus on the vital role of social capital in enabling economic growth, and the ways in which it can reduce pressure on public services and effectively address our most pressing socio-economic challenges.