Description
The main problem in Csepel is the lack of community. There are no community initiations especially no ecological ones. There is a need for an initiation that would connect social groups living next to each other. The main object is to create a social enterprise model that will propagate environmental sustainability and solidarity, while its community building functions and the business activity makes the concept able to sustain. A community place will be established where several programs, exhibitions and events are hold. Collaboration among the involved organizations will be established, and local volunteers will join to their work. Need assessment activities will be done and newsletters will be edited. The community place will be formed according to environmental consciousness. During the project the operation of the community shop will be ensured: intense media and marketing activities, recruitment of colleagues and fluctuation of goods. The target group includes the visitor of the workshops (30people/month), the consumers and visitors of the shop (100 people/month), members, colleagues, lectures of the organization and participants of programs.
Summary of project results
The main problem in Csepel was the lack of community and the lack of community initiations especially ecological ones. The main objective of the project was to create a social enterprise model that would propagate environmental sustainability and solidarity, while its community building functions and the business activity made the concept able to sustain. In the need assessment local inhabitants were personally asked about what kind of programs they missed. Thus beside the shop, the place hosted several grass-root community programs that contributed to the development of social networks. According to that assessed needs there were crafts workshops, Spanish classes, Study hall, bio ointment preparing workshops, plant exchange and yoga course. The project promoter reached 1423 people through booth (100), community programs (230), market events (30), consumers (500), facebook followers (513), collaborators and volunteers (60). Although, a small, convergent group was formed and activated, the participation on events was behind the expected. Unfortunately, the model did not become sustainable – after the end of the project also the rental agreement of the place was terminated. However, local people became aware of the concept of the environmental conscious, second-hand shop model and they got know the nature of “community shop”.
Summary of bilateral results