1. SUPPORT NEIGHBOURHOOD ACTION
Reduce barriers and create conditions for success
- reduce bureaucracy by streamlining permits and event paperwork
- provide access to spaces such as through Community Use of Schools
- provide insurance for NG spaces. volunteers and participants
Support and nurture community leadership
- trainings and resources
- visioning sessions
Programs, services, supports, celebrations
- GNSC events and gatherings
2. FUND
Raise and distribute funds
- grants
- fundraising
- partner supports
Provide stable and core funding to NGs
- annual allocation process
Source and access funds for city-wide projects that support all NGs
- North End Harvest Market
- Community Backpack Project
3. AMPLIFY COMMUNITY VOICE
Address systemic barriers
- Community Resilience Coalition
- PTF
- Delegations
Respond to collective needs
- Food security (The SEED, North End Harvest Market)
Convening conversations/promoting community voice and input
- Equity Conference, Storytelling Series, Continuing the Conversation
4. SUPPORT/SPARK/INNOVATE/INCUBATE
Provide resources, guidance, and mentorship
- provide governance frameworks and documents
- experience in community building and charitable process
- sit on/chair steering committees
Leverage relationships and connections
- help build partnerships
- accessing spaces and resources
- creating understanding and awareness