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Template:CRnewsTemplate:Photowantedsca Community resources matter for community empowerment. Although Community and voluntary action has a proud tradition of innovation and doing a lot with a little, it's much harder to do something with virtually nothing. It may be that a community's greatest resource is its people, but community action can perhaps best flourish if backed up with at least some 'real' resources. In partnerships it's been observed that community and voluntary groups can, unfortunately, sometimes get ignored because they are perceived as not bringing any (what other partners percieve as 'real') resources to the table.

• What resources are there in your local community for community groups?
• Are there places for groups to meet (affordably)?
• Is there access to Information Technology and enough support to use it?
• How easy is it for new groups to form and sustain themselves?
• Are there ways for local community groups to network and support themselves and each other?
• Is there access to support for networks (looser groups, coalitions, etc.) and not just older more traditional forms of organisation?

What communities can do

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• develop open and accessible community centers and all sorts of community facilities
• community pubs
• community shops and cafes
• sustainability, green or eco-centres
• community gardens and orchards
• repair and storage spaces
• share spaces, such as shared work spaces
• equipment sharing
• community libraries
• tools libraries
• toy libraries
• resources to help all who want to get online
• community websites and networks
• support land rights movements

Resources

• School of Commoning, education and research for a commons culture & social renewal

Quotes

"Most people participate in their communities not as part of organised groups, but in doing acts of kindness" Professor Carolyn Kagan, Professor of Community Social Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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See also

• Communities online
• Community and voluntary action
• Community involvement
• Food activism
• Legal resources
• Mini library
• Networks
• Sharing

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: Commons, Community ownership, Hackerspace, Library Maker Space, Little Free Library, List of tool-lending libraries, Makerspaces, Men's Sheds

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