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Community Development

Community development helps people to recognise and develop their ability and potential to organise themselves to respond to problems and needs which they share. The initiatives below are helping to promote such concepts and so foster greater collective involvement.

Barry Ideas Bank – Ideas for Community Action

  • Time taken:
    15 minutes to sign up and register your idea to improve Barry Town
  • Impact:
    Potential to make Barry Town a better place to live in
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Submit an Idea, Under 20 minutes, United Kingdom

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Fix My Transport – Reporting Transport Issues

  • Time taken:
    Upto 10 minutes to record an issue with the UK transport infrastructure
  • Impact:
    Helps people get common public transport problems resolved
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Upworthy – Sharing meaningful media

  • Time taken:
    Approx 10 minutes to watch a video and share it
  • Impact:
    Enables people to be better informed about the society we live in today
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Junction49 – Online Idea Community for Youngsters

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to help realise a youth's 'do good' project
  • Impact:
    Potential to do good on so many different causes
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Computer & Internet, Country, Do Good, Europe, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom, Virtual Volunteering

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Stuff Your Rucsac – Responsible Travelling

  • Time taken:
    Approx 10 minutes to add a deserving worthy cause wanting needy items, to an interactive map of the world
  • Impact:
    Helps a responsible traveller to be better prepared and helps a recipient worthy cause colect items they so desperately need
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% ful on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Spare Place – Locating Empty Shops

  • Time taken:
    5 - 10 minutes to add the location and description of an empty shop
  • Impact:
    Potential to put to good use, empty places for the benefit of the local community
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Economic Development, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Empty Properties – Reusing Empty Buildings

  • Time taken:
    5 - 10 minutes to report an empty building
  • Impact:
    Potential to improve a local neighbourhood by not allowing disused properties fall into disrepair or misuse
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United Kingdom

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Bikes 4 Life – Recycling Cycles

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to arrange a collection for your donated bike from your doorstep in Melbourne, Australia
  • Impact:
    Contributes to the mobility of needy communities allowing speedier access to education and medical facilities
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes

Categories: Actions, Africa, Australia, Australia, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Cars and Bikes, Uganda, Under 30 minutes

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Reuse A Shoe – Turning Shoes into Playgrounds

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to package up the shoes - a wee bit longer to actually post them
  • Impact:
    Prevents shoes from going into landfill and reuses them to make beneficial products for the community
  • Cost:
    Postage costs to a U.S. address
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Green, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Clothes & Shoes, Under 30 minutes

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WePatch – Discovering Gardening Plots

  • Time taken:
    A couple of minutes to post information about an under utilized piece of land
  • Impact:
    Potential to strengthen neighborhood communities, foster healthy lifestyles, and promote environmental stewardship
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes

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Oikocredit – Microfinancing for the World’s Poor

  • Time taken:
    Upto 15 minutes to fill out an application form that in readiness for posting. Maybe a bit longer to familiarise yourself with Oikocredit itself though
  • Impact:
    Helps to fight poverty, promote fair trade and respect our planet’s natural resources
  • Cost:
    Nothing as you should get all of your money back
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Economic Development, Micro / Ethical Lending, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes

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History Pin – Community Photo Collection

  • Time taken:
    10 - 15 minutes to add a photo or an image to a world map
  • Impact:
    Adds to the rich tapestry of world history and brings people, communities and generations together
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Photos, Clipart and Videos, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 20 minutes

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Infinite Family – E-mentoring African Teens

  • Time taken:
    30 minutes on a regular weekly basis via video conversations
  • Impact:
    Improves the daily life and future of sub-Saharan African children affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, Africa, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, E-Mentoring, Human Welfare, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, South Africa, Under 30 minutes

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Moscow Help – Helping Victims of the Beslan Tragedy

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to put up posters, website banners or conduct Ebay sales to spread awareness about the Beslan Catastrophe
  • Impact:
    Potential to raise funds for the child victims of the Beslan School Siege in Russia
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Community Development, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Russia, Under 30 minutes

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Survival International – Giving Tribes a Voice

  • Time taken:
    5 minutes to choose a tribe, print off a pre-written letter that explains it's plight and place it an envelope ready for posting
  • Impact:
    Helps tribal peoples take on the governments and corporations that threaten their very existence
  • Cost:
    Postage costs
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Australia, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, By Category, By Time, Canada, Columbia, Community Development, Country, Ethiopia, Humanitarian Issues, India, Malaysia, North America, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, People, Philippines, Popular Causes, Quickies!, South America, Under 5 minutes

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