The community hubtm is a social venture focused on youth development through innovative programming in technology, arts, and environmental efforts, aiming to create personal and community transformations. Their theory of change emphasizes the importance of nurturing environments and skilled facilitation to foster competence, civic involvement, and environmental awareness among young participants. The hub believes in the power of youth to influence their peers positively and seeks support to address societal challenges.

1. The
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2. Is….
• The Community HUB™ is a social venture which
combines the passion of a social mission with an image
of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination
• The HUB aims to facilitate the development of especially
youth, through the offering of technology, arts,
environmental and enterprise-based programming
relevant to the current local cultural and socio-economic
realities of the areas in which we operate.
“We believe the young people must want to live
first, before we can teach them math and english”
(Bill Strickland)

3. Our Theory of Change
• We believe that if we offer attractive programming
facilitated by professional and committed staff in the
context of a nurturing and well equipped environment
that participants will respond positively, and will be given
the opportunity to transform their lives - permanently.
• These transformations can move from a personal to
community to the national level.

4. Change Defined
We define Change / transformation on four
levels:
– Personal Competence
– Economic Sustainability
– Civic and Community Involvement
– Environmental Awareness

5. Personal Competence
“To whom much is given, much is expected”
– Life skills such as Math and writing, critical
thinking, self-expression and decision-
making, and social skills such as
dependability, ethics, positive attitudes and
cooperativeness

6. Economic Competence
“Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent
hands bring wealth”
– Vocational and ownership skills that focus on
solving real problems within real business
constraints: working in teams, time
management, awareness of business and
industry; digital literacy; financial literacy and
career specific competencies.

7. Civic and Community Involvement
“Freely you have received, freely give”
Giving back is essential.
– The ability of individuals to be conscious of their own
interests and how those interests are threatened or
enriched by factors in the external environment. It
also involves their ability to mobilize the material and
intellectual resources necessary to act on their
environment in a manner that advances their
collective interests.
– The grounding of the individual in their history and
culture, knowledge of the past and present as context
in which to make decisions with respect to the future.

8. Environmental Awareness
• “We believe that if we have nurturing environments, we
should also have nurturing people.” Bill Strickland CEO
Manchester Bidwell Corporation
• “ The environmental crisis is an outward manifestation of
a crisis of mind and spirit” Lynton K Caldwell
• We also seek to provide hands-on education esp. to
young people w.r.t the natural environmental; influencing
deeper values and shaping behaviors toward a more
environmentally friendly stance

9. Our Beliefs
Youth Impact Youth
• Youth can have the biggest impact on youth. Our role is
to provide an environment and a system of positive
reinforcements to support those youth who exhibit the
right attitudes and values, so that they can influence and
impact upon their peers.

10. We need your Support!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good
men do nothing." Edmund Burke
• “One of the problems with the current societal and
economic paradigm is that inherently, the world’s best
people (and resources) aren’t matched with the world’s
biggest problems”. Atiba Phillips