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SMALL SPARKS
SMALLinvestment
BIGsignificance
SEATTLE
Community building for $250
SMALL SPARKS
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
SMALL SPARKS
LOW TECHNo new LA Department!
Advertise
Discuss idea
Catchy name
Give the money
Arrange celebration
SMALL SPARKS
TESTEDFour local authorities
£2500 each
Redcar, Wigan,
West Sussex,
South Glos
Produced £2500 more
SMALL SPARKS
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.”
SMALL SPARKS
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
SMALL SPARKS
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.”
SMALL SPARKS
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
SMALL SPARKS
WIGAN
Sponsored cycle ride
“Joseph knew quite a lot
of people before. But he
knows a lot more now.”
SMALL SPARKS
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
SMALL SPARKS
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
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