Tackling a problem

Tackle a problem the Big Local partnership is stuck with.

These tools have been tried, tested and developed with Big Local areas.

Why use this tool?

To look more closely at the barriers that are creating a problem and find solutions. It can help to:

• Confront some of the challenges facing the Big Local partnership
• Explore different solutions
• Find consensus around one

An example in practice

HAVA Big Local in Leeds is doing well with many different projects and local activities. They have away-days about twice a year and in early 2019 used one to review how they were doing. One frequent problem they identified was that not enough planning was going into events they organised in the community. In order to tackle this, they used the following tool to great effect.