The Commons Fund
Projects Community
If you are interested in becoming part of the Projects community for The Commons Fund then this is the place to start.
Becoming a Project
To become a Commons Fund project it’s important to understand what is in scope and what is out for funding. It is also important to understand that in building the Projects community, we are building a peer-to-peer governance and every project will be required to participate in developing that governance, based on our CoP Principles and other governance and monitoring shown below.
IN scope
- Funding people at living wage for up to 2 years
- Teams of 2-12 people
- Global geographic scope
- Age 16+ (educational feeds are interesting to TCF. Teachers or supporting staff could be beneficiaries)
OUT of scope
- Too Early: Disaster / IDP / poverty / famine / short-term relief.
- Too Late: Non-seed funding, Large capital, scaling, commercial VC etc,.
Governance
- Only funding unique people (a tech to provide this)
- Monthly value exchange. (story capture and peer input, reviews, reporting to funders)
- Other “organisational” partners manage the outreach to actual beneficiaries.
MEET THE PROJECTS
The Commons Fund Project Leaders
Michael Haupt
The Valley of Grace
Situated 90 minutes from Cape Town, South Africa, stands as a groundbreaking action research initiat...
Christopher Broadbent
Planet Earth Games
Planet Earth Games was created in 2019 bringing together sport and physical activity with sustainabi...
Geoff Carss
Wilder Sensing
The venture mission is to better understand how biodiversity is changing through analysing vast quan...
Carolyn Dare
Somerset Biochar
(Blackdown Hills Transition Group / Blackdown Hills Eco Hub / Trim Plants (nursery) Project Lead: Ca...
Lady Val Corbett
Returning Citizens
Jobs are crucial to people released from prison. UK reoffending rate – highest in Western Europe - i...
Jimmy Paul
The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
The VRU unit is part of Police Scotland. Their mission is to reduce violence. Jimmy would like to pu...
Haleem Clift
Young Leaders
Speaker, film maker, young person influencer. B2M Productions is a creative youth-based media compan...
Maggi Philbin
TeenTech
We run lively initiatives with a supporting Award scheme to inspire 15,000 young innovators of the f...
Mayssam Daaboul
The 4th Sector - Lebanon
With 6 international partners, The 4th sector Lebanon aims to use Blockchain to empower local commun...
Phil Atkinson
4wardFutures
4wardFutures is a registered charity working in England and Wales, committed to revolutionising the...
Giovanni Gambacorta
Supportive Citizen Credit System
The SCCS facilitates community-driven economic growth by matching local needs with local providers,...
Hugo Mathecowitsch
Tools for the Commons
Open Governance Protocol
Regenerating access to public goods & services, enabling abundance and...
How to get onboard
If you have a project and would like to join to the Commons Fund Project Community you will need to take the following steps:
- Step 1: Join the next Project Overview meet
- Step 2: Complete a Value Exchange, including details of your project, the team involved and your organisational partner who will help with admin
- Step 3: The Community will review your submission, measured against a minimum viable governance, and agree, or not, to support your project into the community. If accepted:
- Step 4: Become an active peer-to-peer participant of The Commons Fund Project Community
Interested in taking the first step?