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Sweden Community Challenge 2023

1,331,654 SEK | Gävle, Sandviken or Staffanstorp

Proven ideas and funding for your community

ChangeX will help you to start or expand a community project in your neighbourhood. This challenge is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities across Gävle, Sandviken and Staffanstorp.

How it works
  • Select an idea listed below or submit your existing project and register to get your project page
  • Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
  • Submit a photo and your action plan
  • Once you're active let us know what impact you are having in your community
Who can apply
  • You want to start or expand a project to improve your local community
  • You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in Gävle, Sandviken or Staffanstorp
  • You are an individual, an existing local group, or a community organisation
What you get
  • Seed funding to start your selected idea
  • Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
  • Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project

Explore ideas

Choose an idea to start in your community. See terms & conditions.
This fund has closed for applications. You can still start ideas without funding, or check for other live funds in your area.
  • School Forest

    Planting multi-year perennial vegetables with the help of planting experts

  • Walking School Bus

    Organize a Walking School Bus in your local area for a healthier, more fun way for kids to get to and from school.

  • CycleBus

    Promote active travel by bike for school children by starting a Cycle Bus in your local community.

  • Murals for Communities

    Using mural art to build and nurture creative communities

  • Grow Buddy

    Create a shared garden in your neighbourhood where people can connect to each other, nature and food.

  • School Garden

    Connect children to learn about where food comes from and to explore nature.

  • Building Healthy Communities, A Physicians Committee Action Network

    PlantPure Communities (PPC)'s mission is to empower individuals to build healthy, kind, sustainable communities by sharing the health and environmental benefits of plant-based nutrition.

  • Community Fridge

    Start a community fridge in your community to share good food that would otherwise go to waste.

  • Cycling Without Age

    Start a Cycling Without Age chapter in your community and give more people the opportunity to feel the wind in their hair.

  • Repair Café

    Organise a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.

  • Better Block Parklet

    Expand public or private space with these digitally fabricated parklets.

  • Urban Thinkscape

    Transform a public space in your community into a joyful learning opportunity.

  • Open Orchard

    Organise an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.

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Start something today

The Sweden County Community Challenge is an opportunity for communities to come together to create thriving communities across Gävle, Sandviken, and Staffanstorp. We’re excited to support local action across these locations and to see the collective impact we can have in building healthier, more sustainable communities.

  • Holly Beale (Microsoft Datacenter Community Development Team)
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