Welcome to the Grassland Hasmoor 'Our Bigger Story' website. This is part of the multi media evaluation of 15 Big Local areas in England. The website is an opportunity to follow what is changing in Grassland Hasmoor as a result of Big Local over a ten year period.
The aim of the website is to share the learning from everything that is happening in Grassland Hasmoor with other Big Local areas and highlight what works in communities with a wider audience of practitioners and policy makers.
You can visit our website at: http://www.grasslandhasmoor.co.uk/
Every Thursday, GHBL opens up its community hub in Hasland to older people. Chair based exercise, games and an opportunity to develop IT skills are on offer, along with much valued time to meet friends and socialise. The sessions are run by volunteers who are trained to deliver safe and meaningful activities. In this film, some of the residents discuss what the sessions mean to them, and a partnership member talks about how he and other volunteers make things happen for Big Local residents.
This film charts the setting up of two community hubs - one each in the villages of Hasland and Grassmoor. Contributors explain the need for community space and the ways in which each of the hubs meets the needs of the two communities.
This is a podacst of a conversation with Barbara Arrandale - a founding resident member of the Big Local partnership and now a director of Grassland Hasmoor Futures - the Big Local LTO. She speaks about the growth and strength of resident led change in the area.
The Green and Open Spaces Working Group is one of several Big Local working groups. In the film, the chair of the working group takes us on a tour of the area and the changes that have been made to green space, walking routes and parks. Hundreds of volunteers have made all these changes happen, alongside partnership working with four different local authorities and other community groups and environmental agencies.
This is a film of Grassland Hasmoor Big Local's Open Forum in March 2019. The Open Forum includes elections to the partnership - GHBL has a healthy turnover of residents and the film provides a opportunity to hear why those seeking election wish to be involved. The Open Forum also includes a participatory grants process and reports on how money has been used to benefit residents over the previous year.
GHBL started creating yearbooks to archive and showcase projects in a more accessible way. The year books stay in the reception area at one of our Hub's and make for brilliant reading whilst waiting! This has also proved a handy tool for measuring change through the years and assisted in the reflection on positive changes we have achieved & sustained!
This "Time for a Change' event brought together residents, voluntary and community organisations and local authority officers and members who have some connection with Grassland Hasmoor Big Local. This is a summary of the discussions around: * what is changing in Grassmoor and Hasland, * the extent to which Grassland Hasmore Big Local is contributing to making a difference in the area, * how residents can drive change in their communities and the implications of this for future policy and practice. The Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham is carrying out a longitudinal evaluation of the Big Local programme. Grassland Hasmoor is one of fifteen Big Local areas that volunteered to be a case study. The "Our Bigger Story' evaluation uses a range of media to record progress and learning; this can be viewed at ourbiggerstory.com
The Open Forum is an annual event where new partnership members are elected. In this film, people at the event share what they know about GHBL, the kinds of things going on in the area, and why some of them wanted to get more involved.
Grassland Hasmoor Big Local has supported this Men in Sheds project. This film tells the story of how it began and why, and the importance of delivering projects that people want.
A film showing the Pit Stop Diner which provides a meal made from surplus food for the local community. The Big Local chair, local residents and partner agencies, talk about how Big Local is making a difference. People in the film highlight how residents are making change and their long term strategy to engage local communities and change mindsets and local authority ways of working.
This film shows how residents have responded to a need to help people remain active through partnering with the local authority to create a petanque court - a relatively low maintenance sport. Already, the club has a member waiting list.
Members of Grassland Hasmoor Big Local partnership discuss how they have identified needs in their area, made a difference to local needs and are working to make the villages of Grassland and Hasmoor even better places to live.
In this film members of the Grassland and Hasmoor Green and Open Spaces Working Group talk about their plans for environmental improvements in the Grassland and Hasmoor Big Local area. They talk also about using environmental strategies.