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UID:CiviCRM_EventID_913_6252662d4245b83d55c1b55103423806@www.vonne.org.uk
SUMMARY:Long term support and infrastructure: thinking bey
 ond short-term funding cycles\, enabling communiti
 es and letting go of control
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 /p>\n \n <p><span style="font-size:11pt\;"><span s
 tyle="font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;"><span styl
 e="font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;">How do peop
 le experience the long-term nature of programmes l
 ike Big Local\, what support do communities need t
 o lead change\, and how does this evolve over time
 ? This session explores the role of support infras
 tructure in Big Local\, alongside the funder exper
 ience of devolving power – including reflections o
 n when Local Trust had to step in. </span></span><
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 <span style="font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;"><sp
 an style="font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;">What
  are the benefits and challenges of long-term fund
 ing\, and how have endings been managed? This sess
 ion explores the pros and cons of long-term approa
 ches\, alongside practical reflections on how smal
 ler funders can adopt a longer-term mindset – even
  within shorter funding cycles – and what support\
 , sustainable change and good endings can look lik
 e.</span></span></span></p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n How do people experience the long-term
  nature of programmes like Big Local\, what suppor
 t do communities need to lead change\, and how doe
 s this evolve over time? This session explores the
  role of support infrastructure in Big Local\, alo
 ngside the funder experience of devolving power – 
 including reflections on when Local Trust had to s
 tep in. \n \n \n \n What are the benefits and chal
 lenges of long-term funding\, and how have endings
  been managed? This session explores the pros and 
 cons of long-term approaches\, alongside practical
  reflections on how smaller funders can adopt a lo
 nger-term mindset – even within shorter funding cy
 cles – and what support\, sustainable change and g
 ood endings can look like.\n \n 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260826T110000
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LOCATION:Online - Teams\n United Kingdom\n 
URL:https://www.vonne.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=913
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