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SMALLinvestment

BIGsignificance

SEATTLE

Community building for $250

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SIMPLE£250 matched funds

Community building

Good idea

Catchy name

Involve new people

Complete in 8 weeks

Make a record

Celebrate

For people on edge of

eligibility

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LOW TECHNo new LA Department!

Advertise

Discuss idea

Catchy name

Give the money

Arrange celebration

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TESTEDFour local authorities

£2500 each

Redcar, Wigan,

West Sussex,

South Glos

Produced £2500 more

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RESULT

WEST SUSSEX

Icon-Diva nightclub

“It was out of this world. I

met a lot of people I had not

seen before. I didn’t want it

to end. I want to go again.”

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WEST SUSSEX

Multi-coloured swapshop

Burnstock music festival

Pines allotment

The Godfather

Playday

Easy steps to banking

Inclusive sports festival

Rustington community

gardens

Hilary’s crafty ideas

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REDCAR

Gardeners together

“We invited the other

allotment holders to a

meeting. We used the

money to buy a BBQ and

a gazebo. We paid for the

food and drinks.”

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REDCAR

Heatherfields Hello

Kirkleatham sensory garden

Celebration supper

Ladies football

Walks of life

Community chocolate

challenge

Garden Fete

Get to know your neighbours

Leaders project

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WIGAN

Sponsored cycle ride

“Joseph knew quite a lot

of people before. But he

knows a lot more now.”

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WIGAN

Musical evening

Race night

Reminiscence with neighbours

Including people in the local

festival

SOUTH GLOS

Sports day for under 5’s

Gardening Friends

Go Cook

Open Doors

Skittle competition

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SMALL SPARKSIMPORTANT

40 + projects for £10,000

People as activists

Low tech

Doable – a way of turning rhetoric into reality

More learning to do

Strategic importance