Food & learning programme
A grant could support participation, practical learning and a test of affordable access.
Learning informs how the hub operates
W.AI.C IN THE MAKING
What’s next.
Come closer to the work.
We are developing W.AI.C around the questions people bring to investing, philanthropy and systems change. Here is a closer look at the samples you can read, the views taking shape and the questions we are exploring.
Sample availableDesign previewExploring
SAMPLE AVAILABLEReports you
Reports you
can read.
Three readable pages from each sample: due diligence, a quarterly report, systems change and an impact strategy. Open the pages and see how the detail is presented.
All previews are illustrative.
Open the report library ↗DESIGN PREVIEWKeep the
Keep the
connections visible.
We are designing ways to move between a strategy, the evidence behind an opportunity and the portfolio around it. The food and learning hub gives these views one shared setting.
ONE CONNECTED EXAMPLENeighbourhood food & learning hubAccess · livelihoods · learning
Shared storage & equipment
Finance could support useful infrastructure, subject to demand, costs and suitable terms.
Storage connects growers with the hub
Growers, users & operators
Local knowledge, introductions and time could help shape the work and challenge its assumptions.
Experience shapes the next decision
Possible roles for discussion. Each contribution needs its own assessment, responsibilities and terms.
A view of possible relationships and roles.
Explore the three connected views ↗DESIGN PREVIEWStay close
Stay close
to the evidence.
A useful review lets people follow an observation back to its source, understand its limits and see what deserves another conversation. This is the reading experience we are working towards.
STARTING MATERIALQUESTION IT OPENSWHAT WOULD HELP
SAMPLE DOCUMENTDraft operating plan
OPEN QUESTION 01
Can affordable access cover its full costs?
NEXT CONVERSATION
Test demand, costs and the terms of any subsidy.
SAMPLE NOTESParticipant conversation
OPEN QUESTION 02
Who helps decide how the hub works?
NEXT CONVERSATION
Hear from people who might use it, including those missing from the conversation.
The sources and questions in this preview are invented.
Read about the knowledge behind the work ↗EXPLORINGLet learning
Let learning
change the next step.
How could a portfolio carry its learning forward? We are exploring ways to keep questions, responsibilities and changing conditions in view between reports.
01 / NOTICE
→What changed?
A shift in participation, costs or growing conditions could open a question.
02 / DISCUSS
→Whose view matters?
Bring the observation back to users, growers, operators and the people supporting the work.
03 / REVISIT
What follows?
Consider whether to keep the approach, change the terms or explore another contribution.
Carry what is learned into the next conversation.
An area of exploration. We would welcome your perspective.
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