Local Trust Podcast

In this episode of Don’t Get Any Ideas, Heather and George travel virtually to Cornwall to catch up with Jayne Downing to find out what the people of Par Bay did as part of Creative Civic Change. A poet herself, Jayne was a driving force behind ‘Poetry from Par Bay’ – a book created in 2020 as part of the Covid and Beyond Project with poetry from the local community. During lockdown Jayne teamed up with George to create a Cross-Pollination Poetry Open Mic Night that, on Zoom, united poets from Pay Bay and Corby. Guests: Jayne Downing, Artist Hosts: Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Don’t Get Any Ideas

In this episode of Don’t Get any Ideas, Heather and George travel to Stoke to visit the Portland Inn Project to learn about how to imagine as a community what the next century might look like and whether the Portland Inn Project is successful in it’s application to Arts Council England to be one of it’s regularly funded organisations. Guests: Rebecca Davies, Artist Anna Francis, Artist Hosts: Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Don’t Get Any Ideas

In this episode of Don’t Get any Ideas, Heather and George travel to East Marsh in Grimsby to meet Josie Moon, local resident, community activist, writer, artist and choir leader. Tucked away in the local market they discuss how Josie looks for the light in bleak times. Guest: Josie Moon, Community Activist, artist, writer and choir leader Hosts: Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Don’t Get Any Ideas

In this episode of Don't Get Any Ideas, Heather and George travel to Walthamstow to visit William Morris Big Local who have working with local art group Wood Street Walls to discuss holding onto creative community spaces in London. Guests: Gabriel Edwards, Project Lead at William Morris Big Local Georgia Bonfield, Program Manager at William Morris Big Local Hosts: Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Don’t Get Any Ideas

In this episode of Don’t Get Any Ideas, Heather and George begin in Corby, home to George, Helen’s workplace and Heather’s childhood home. As part of their work with the Creative Kingston and Hazel Leys Creative Civic Change project, they have been regularly taking time throughout to hover above the intense work and talk about what is important to them in the wider world. In this podcast, we hear their thoughts as they hover above for the last time. Guests: Helen Wilmott, Co-chair of Creative Kingston and Hazel Leys and Director of Made With Many Hosts: George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Creative Kingston and Hazel Leys Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend Produced by: Peter Art Lewry, Associate at Culture Comms Collective

In this episode of Don’t Get any Ideas, Heather and George travel to Kensington in Liverpool to meet Michaela and Steve at the Croissant of Inequality, and record their podcast at their amazing community radio station, Liverpool Community Radio. They talk about the power of telling your own story. Guests: Steve Faragher, Independent Community Activist Michaela Fay Jones, Community Worker and local resident Hosts: Heather Peak, Artist and Critical Friend George Hill, Artist and Co-chair of Creative Kingswood and Hazel Leys Producer: Peter Art Lewry, Associate at Creative Communications Collective

In the final episode of the series, we are looking back at some of the best bits with Local Trust CEO Matt Leach. Thanks to all of our guests this series, we will be back for more of The community power podcast later this year. In the meantime, you can find out more about Big Local here: About Big Local - Local Trust And the Community Wealth Fund here: Community Wealth Fund

Join Local Trust's partnerships manager Georgie as she visits communities creating a space for community. In this episode she talks to community members from Scotlands and Bushbury Hill Big Local in Wolverhampton before they finalise the purchase of their second community building.

The podcast where we explore the spaces and places helping communities to thrive. In this episode we head to Ramsey in Cambridgeshire to meet local community group Ramsey Million and hear how they've teamed up with their local cricket club to create something truly unique for local people.

Chris Allen interviews Local Trust's CEO Matt Leach at Big Local Connects 2021

Connects Radio meets: Imrana by Local Trust

Connects Radio meets: Harriet Marsden by Local Trust

Connects Radio meets: Steph And Asma by Local Trust

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.

Listen back to all the interviews from Connects Radio with producer Chris Allen.