In more detail
Locality is a national network of locally-based and community-led organisations and social enterprises that aim to help neighbourhoods thrive. It was formed through the merger of the Development Trusts Association (DTA)and the British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres (BASSAC) in 2011 and is a charity.
Locality‘s core membership is made up of ‘community anchor’ organisations which work along the lines of asset based regeneration. It provides membership services to those bodies and membership is open to locally-based community-led organisations from £100 a year. There are local networks and consortia of Locality members in some regions.
Most of Locality’s income and activity is accounted for by national programmes which tend to be funded by central government. These include:
- the Neighbourhood Planning Support Programme which is funded by government;
- the government’s Community Organising Programme;
- the Community Rights Programme funded by the government to help people take up rights in the 2011 Localism Act
- Our Place – which was the government’s neighbourhood budgeting pilot
- the Enterprising Libraries programme funded by government to help find alternative ways of resourcing libraries.
The resources and advice available from these programmes is, in general, open to any group or organisation. For example, you don’t have to be a member of Locality to use the excellent resources presented on their Neighbourhood Planning and Your Community Rights websites.
| Key Facts:
Locality is a non-profit organisation funded by government and belonging to its members which are local community trusts. It provides a very wide range of advice and information about community rights in the Localism Act and in particular information for groups that are interested and involved in neighbourhood planning. |
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Contact:
Locality, 33 Corsham Street, London N1 6DR
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