M-T1-SP-08 · Theme 1 · Strategic Partnerships
Community Leadership Partnership
Pair Rotary's convening capacity with credible community leaders to mentor emerging leaders and advance a locally chosen challenge.
What could this idea change?
Leadership capability is strengthened around real community work, with access widened beyond established institutional networks.
A simple way to start
- Co-design the leadership challenge with people affected by it. Who could lead it: Community partner
- Recruit a balanced mentor and participant cohort against published criteria. Who could lead it: Cohort coordinator
- Agree learning goals, decision rights and respectful-engagement norms. Who could lead it: Programme facilitator
- Support mixed teams to deliver a small challenge response. Who could lead it: Team mentors
- Showcase learning and transfer ongoing ownership to the appropriate body. Who could lead it: Community sponsor
What should we look for?
- Cohort reflects the communities relevant to the challenge.
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?