TOWN TEAMS

Town Teams are positive and proactive organisations that include businesses, landowners and residents working collaboratively with their local government to improve a place or area, often a town centre or ‘main street’. Town Teams are ‘doers’. They:

• Provide vision and leadership
• Are a-political in their approach
• Get stuck in and have a go rather than waiting for “someone else” to do “something”
• Independent from governments
• Run by the community for the community

The ‘Town Team’ terminology and concept is subject to copyright in Australia.

The only requirement to be a Town Team is to align with and live the Town Team Charter. The charter is a shared story of what Town Teams are and how they should behave. It helps explain our movement’s collective values and expectations. It’s a summary of the ‘Town Team Way’.

Find out how to start a Town Team here.

The Town Team model breaks down the barriers that often divide businesses, residents and local governments, and helps everyone to better understand the challenges and the opportunities to improve places. Every action is important.

The Vision

This is a positive movement of citizen-led action focussed on creating connected, resilient communities and better places. Town Teams are proactive, non-profit organisations that include businesses, landowners, residents and others working collaboratively with their local government (or equivalent) to improve their local place or area. The Town Team approach is innovative, creative and fun!

“The imagination, the sweat, the enthusiasm, and the efforts of its people are the greatest resource that any place has”. Marcus Westbury in Creating Cities

You can download the Town Team Charter here.

Town Team Movement is an ‘underarching’ non-profit organisation that aims to support, advocate for, connect, promote and inspire Town Teams around Australia and New Zealand.