Getting started in Community-Led Development (CLD)
Welcome to the beginning of your community-led development journey!
Here, you’ll find foundational workshops and learning opportunities designed to introduce you to the principles and practices of community-led development. This is the perfect place to start building your understanding and skills.
Foundations in community-led development
Inspiring Communities has developed this learning module to bring together key ideas, resources and tools for people working in all kinds of community-led development roles.
Discover the principles of community-led development and Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our self-paced, online course. Gain tools for engaging with communities, mapping strengths, and building strong governance. This course includes 40 lessons, videos, a workbook, and practical resources to support your learning journey.
Online, self-paced
4-5 hours
Cost involved
Getting started in community-led development
Join us for an engaging and interactive online workshop where we delve into community-led development in your unique context.
Whether you’re new to this approach or seeking to bring a community-led mindset into your projects, this session will support you with the skills and tools needed to kickstart your community-led initiatives.
In this 2.5 hour workshop, we will design powerful questions that unlock potential and explore effective community engagement strategies. You’ll be inspired to frame questions through a strengths-based lens, explore the art of stakeholder mapping, and discover innovative approaches to community involvement.
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Can’t make our scheduled public workshops? No problem! We offer the flexibility to deliver any of our workshops privately for your group or organisation.
Online workshop
2.5 hours
Cost involved
Webinars
Webinar: Demystifying AI for Community
Facilitated by Aaron Hawkins, Inspiring Communities Director and presented by Joshua Vial and Lani Evans, this session will provide a fast, fun overview of AI for the community sector.
Over an hour we’ll walk through:
- Time to answer your burning questions
- Demystifying AI – what is it, its capabilities and limitations
- The challenges of AI ethics
- Frameworks for good governance
Explore community innovation anytime!
Dive into our extensive back catalogue of hour-long webinars, covering a wide range of community-led development (CLD) topics. Each session explores fresh perspectives, practice-based evidence, and inspiring stories of community innovation from Aotearoa and beyond. Whether you’re seeking insights, practical tools, or real-world examples of CLD in action, our webinars provide a wealth of knowledge to support your mahi.
If you are interested in finding out more about our workshop options for groups and teams, please contact our team.
Online
1 hour
Free
Whaowhia te kete mātauranga. Fill the basket of knowledge.
We honour all those communities and organisations who have shared their practice and wisdom with us to create these training and development opportunities. We hope this kete of tools affirms what you already know and do, and expands your learning about the diverse ways Aotearoa communities can – and are – creating positive change.
Should you be unable to attend, please refer to our Cancellation Policy