1 · Strengthen what already runs
Add a second reading circle only when the first stays full and assessments keep improving. Quality first; scale second.
Next 18 months
Three commitments on the road ahead
2 · Train neighbourhood facilitators
A short apprenticeship so adults who finished our skills track can lead sessions themselves, paid, prepared, and mentored.
3 · Publish clearer impact notes
Twice-yearly public notes: attendance, learning gains, money in/out, and what we stopped doing because it did not work.
Vision vs. capacity
We will not promise a future we cannot staff or fund.
Ambition without resources is advertising. Our direction is deliberately modest: protect weekly rhythm, raise the skill of people already here, and make the results readable to anyone who asks.
If partners walk with us, the first uses of new capacity are tutoring hours, garden infrastructure, and facilitator stipends, not a bigger office.
What we are building toward
120 regular learnersWithout dropping small-group quality
8 paid local facilitatorsFrom apprenticeship into steady roles
Public impact notesSpring and autumn, every year
What must stay true
Weekly reliabilityClasses happen even when cameras are not rolling
Honest stoppingWe end programmes that do not earn their keep
Neighbour ownershipDecisions stay close to the people in the room
See the living record: What is happening · Walk with us