Trials and Tribulations of setting up a Men’s Shed in Grand Traverse, Michigan
Lessons I’ve learned over 2 years of creating a meeting space for men in my community A few years ago, I was introduced to the Men’s Shed concept while watching Read more
How can our community projects reach people facing loneliness
Have you ever thought about your community project as a health programme? For some projects the health benefits are easily seen; such as Siel Bleu, a community-run programme providing exercise classes Read more
A Summer Reading List for Doers & Changemakers
What’s the book you tend to pick up again and again to go back to that one quote or chapter, that made you think differently? What book makes you want to Read more
Use the AirBnB effect to grow your local community group
Stand out by using great photography This is one of those stories that has inspired big and small companies and organisations alike. In case you haven’t come across AirBnb: It’s an online Read more
Public Relations for Local Changemakers – Getting in Touch with Media
This post is part of a short series of posts about How to make use of local PR to get the word out about your community project. If you haven’t Read more
Public Relations for Local Changemakers – How to shape your story for local media
This post is part of a series about How to make use of local PR to get the word out about your community project. If you haven’t read the introduction Read more
An Introduction to Public Relations For Local Changemakers
Instead of defining what public relations is, I’ll start by telling you what it isn’t: 1. It’s not an advertisement 2. It’s not writing a story for a reporter or Read more
How to find the best venue for any community project
Any community project, however big or small, is about bringing people together. So everyone involved in community work will have come across this one question: Where do we meet? Where Read more
A Step-by-step action plan to find new volunteers and participants for your project
You’ve committed to setting up a new project in your community, you’re passionate about it, you’re excited, you’re ready and once you want to get started this feeling is creeping Read more
5,000 Euro Funding for Communities in County Wicklow
Many local changemakers tell us their biggest challenge is raising money for their initiatives. Though money isn’t always necessary – we’ve recently learned how to run a community project without Read more