Embedded evaluation - how are we doing?
At the beginning of 2023 we committed to an ‘embedded evaluation’ of how the core Community Tech team - Promising Trouble, Power to Change and our freelance comms lead Jen - are working together. What’s going well, what do we want to change, how could we make improvements to our processes to support the programme better?
Nurturing a community of practice — reflections and our way ahead
We’re coming to the end of an exciting period working with Kate Swade and Lynne Davis, who have been helping us scope out how we could support the growing community of practice around community tech.
Community Tech: Reflections on our first funding round
A total of 39 applications for the first Power to Change community tech funding round were submitted in November last year. Makers & Maintainers is a two-year funding programme to support and grow the community tech sector, helping community businesses to support the maintenance, care and repair of existing community tech.
Community Tech kick-off workshops
Promising Trouble and Power to Change hosted two workshops in May, kicking off our programme looking at Community Tech and shaping a major new funding programme. We got together with around 30 community businesses who are working in areas as diverse as community energy, food production and delivery, and community media.