Sharing Makes Communities Stronger

Successful organisations rarely thrive in isolation.

Whether you are a local club, charity, community association, business or public service, there are opportunities to share knowledge, experience, facilities and skills with others.

Community Exchange helps organisations discover what they have in common and build trusted relationships that benefit everyone involved.


Sharing the Work

Many organisations depend on a small number of dedicated volunteers or staff.

As responsibilities grow, it becomes increasingly important to share the workload across several people. Agoria supports this by allowing different members to manage different aspects of an organisation, including:

• Membership administration
• Events and activities
• Website content
• News and publicity
• Communications
• Funding and grant applications
• Committee administration
• Specialist Advisers
• Project management

By sharing responsibility, organisations become more resilient and less dependent on any one individual.

Sharing Resources

Community Exchange goes a step further.

It enables organisations to discover opportunities to share resources with others, including:

• Meeting venues
• Equipment
• Speakers and presenters
• Volunteers
• Professional expertise
• Training opportunities
• Community events
• Good practice and experience

Many organisations already possess valuable resources that others could benefit from, whilst needing help in different areas themselves.

Building Community Capital

As organisations begin to collaborate, something much more valuable starts to emerge.

New relationships are formed.

People discover common interests.

Ideas spread more quickly.

Successful initiatives can be replicated elsewhere.

This growing network of trusted relationships creates Community Capital—the shared knowledge, experience and connections that make communities stronger, more resilient and better able to respond to new opportunities.

Stronger Together

Community Exchange does not ask organisations to give up their independence.

Instead, it helps them remain independent whilst making it easier to work together whenever opportunities arise.

The result is a richer, more connected community where organisations continue to manage their own affairs whilst benefiting from the opportunities created by being part of a wider ecosystem.