Community Projects
Planning a community garden on land with an industrial past
Before turning a former industrial plot into a community garden, investigate its history and contamination risks, then plan the site with qualified local help.
NEIGHBOURS · IDEAS · ACTION
Journal
Community Funding
What fiscal sponsorship changes for a new community project
Fiscal sponsorship can give a charitable project administrative support, but it also brings oversight. Clarify the agreement before making promises to donors.
Community Listening
Pilot a community questionnaire with people who did not write it
Pilot a community questionnaire with fresh readers to find confusing wording, missing answer options and access barriers before collecting the main responses.
Community Administration
Cash donations need a shared count and a clear receipt trail
Give community cash donations a clear handling route with shared counting, a recorded handover and reconciliation to the amount deposited.
Community Projects
Count a community project’s outcomes as well as its activities
Activities show what a community project delivered; outcomes describe what changed. Build a modest evaluation that connects the two without claiming too much.
Community Projects
A community food project needs a way to act on a product recall
Plan how a community food project identifies affected stock, pauses distribution and passes official recall instructions to recipients.
Community Funding
Which decisions can residents make through participatory budgeting?
Start a participatory-budgeting process by defining the available funds, eligible projects and how residents’ decisions will be implemented.
Community Development
Map the skills and connections a community already has
Community asset mapping starts with residents’ skills, relationships and useful places. Build the map with people and ask before turning a skill into a volunteer commitment.
Sharing Skills
At a community skill swap, say whether you are teaching or doing the job
A community skill swap works better when offers distinguish a lesson from a completed task. Define the time, materials and limits before matching neighbours.