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communityA 20 minute imagination tool to help you explore community

- blank worksheets - community cards - example cards - a facilitator guide

For 3 people

This pack contains

instructions1. Talk about the communities you currently belong to. Read the examples. 2. As a group, go through the Community Cards, reading each one aloud. If you belong to that community, put it on the ‘my community’ pile. If you know someone in that community, put it on the ‘community door’ pile.3. List your current and future communities.

example cardtypes of communities

Interest: Sharing the same interest or passion.

Action: Trying to bring about change together.

Place: Brought together by geographic boundaries.Practice: Being in the same profession or doing the same activities.Circumstance: Being brought together by external events/situations.

example cardSteven’s communitiesSteven lives in a country town.He acquired a disability playing football.Steven now fundraises for the local football club and is on the committee.He sometimes helps out with training juniors, coaching and cutting up oranges at half time.Steven loves the Dockers and is a life member.He runs a group for injured and retired footballers.

example cardZoe’s communities

Zoe is a disabled artist and gamer. She met Robbie at a table top gaming group.Zoe was introduced to the group by mutual friends.Robbie and Zoe fell in love.Later, the group went to a gaming convention in Melbourne.Zoe met another artist and they decided to make work together to sell to raise money to save endangered animals, something they are both passionate about.

example cardinstructions

Read about the types of community. Read the example cards.

How many types of community does Steven

belong to?

How many types does Zoe belong to?

What kind of ‘doorways’ are there into communities - how do you enter them?

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I know someone in this community

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