Community Housing: WeCanMake
WeCanMake is a community land trust creating affordable homes using micro-sites in big back gardens and in between buildings in Bristol. This toolkit is “a modular menu from which you might wish to choose elements to adapt and adopt for...
Sociocracy: Basic Concepts
Sociocracy is a peer governance system based on consent. It’s best suited for organizations that want to self-govern based on the values of equality. This site, Sociocracy for All, outlines its basic concepts and principles. Link to website https://www.sociocracyforall.org/sociocracy
National Wellbeing for Wales Indicators
As part of Well-being of Future Generations Wales, a law intended to improve the environment, economy, society and culture for ‘people, planet and future generations’, the Welsh government has published 7 well-being goals and 50 indicators. Download
Co-operative Resources
Large range of resources from Co-operative Assistance Network Limited (CAN) including guides on business planning, governance and community shares; advice for setting up co-operatives across a range of sectors from childcare to credit unions; and a list of existing co-operatives...
Diversity tools
A range of diversity tools collected by the Cultural Governance Alliance that include ‘Socio-Economic Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts: a Toolkit for Employers’ and ‘How to improve board diversity: a six step guide to good practice’. Link to resources...
Environmental Impact Toolkit (for museum exhibitions)
The toolkit examines opportunities for reducing impact in museum exhibitions: across areas including shipping and transport, programming, design and construction, materials, communications and energy use. It was created by URGE Collective, Future Observatory and the Design Museum. Download https://designmuseum.org/learning-and-research/design-museum-research/working-to-make-change# You...
Smart Co-op (creative freelancers)
Smart is a European platform employment cooperative with a total of 90,000 freelancers in the cooperative that mainly work within cultural and creative industries. The goal is to build a strong and diversified community where individual artists can come together...
Documentary Film Council (Co-op)
The Documentary Film Council is a sector-wide organisation for the UK’s independent documentary film industry. Designed in collaboration with filmmakers and organisations across the documentary sector, the DFC is a charitable co-operative run by and for its members on behalf...
Artists Union England
Artists’ Union England supports freelance artists based in England. Membership benefits include professional support and access to resources such as Public and Products Liability Insurance, free legal advice, free tax advice and training and study opportunities. Link to find out...
Bristol School of Commoning
The Bristol School of Commoning runs courses based on the concept of the commons/commoning and uses Elinor Ostrom’s design principles to empower people to: build and protect community wealth; learn tools for sustainable community asset management and design healthy, relational...