Association

Local capacity, not another remote report.

We convene operators, funders and neighbourhood groups around one practical question: what can be built and staffed this season.

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What we do

Program design

Short cycles with owners named and dates on a wall.

Shared ops

Templates, procurement and reporting that do not eat the week.

Convening

Closed rooms when the public meeting would stall the job.

Grant navigation

AICDC helps local operators write the one-page that funders can actually read — owners and dates, not theory.

Tool library

Shared templates for procurement, attendance and a report that does not eat Thursday.

Closed tables

When a public meeting would stall the work, we convene the people who already hold the job.

Who this is for

Neighbourhood operators

People already running a programme with too many logos around them.

Funders

Who want a table, not another remote report.

Local government partners

When a season plan needs names, not a vision deck.

How a typical job runs

  1. 1. Who is already working

    We do not invent a new NGO. We ask who staffs the season.

  2. 2. One question

    What can be built and paid this season. Program design starts there.

  3. 3. Shared ops

    Shared ops so the paperwork is not a second job.

  4. 4. Close the cycle

    A written note: what landed, what slipped, who still owns it.

About AICDC

AICDC is a working table — grants, training slots and shared tools — for people already doing the work on the ground.

We convene operators, funders and neighbourhood groups around one practical question: what can be built and staffed this season. AICDC is allergic to capacity-building that never touches a timesheet.

If your ask is a brand film about ‘the community’, we are the wrong door. If you need a room, a roster and a date, write.

Bring the last failed report if you have one. We learn faster from that than from a vision statement.

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What happens after you write

Write [email protected]. Name the operators and the season constraint. AICDC will offer a seat or a no.

Questions people actually ask

Do you fund projects?
Sometimes we pass money; more often we pass a table and a template. We say which.
Can a new group join?
If they already do the work. We do not incubate slide decks.
Is this national?
We work where we can sit in a room. Remote-only partners are rare.
How public are the meetings?
Working tables are closed. Outcomes that should be public, are.
What do you need first?
Who you are, what you already run, what this season must produce.

Get in touch

Write [email protected] with the situation, a date if you have one, and the best way to reply. We read the box and answer in order.

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