BiG Community Challenge resources for teams
Student workbook
The project is broken up into multiple steps, and this workbook will lead you through the process to support you to develop your BiG Social Action idea. It will also help you identify specific skills you will be using and developing as you go.
Inspiration station
Check out our resources for some inspiration from past BiG teams and some of Sheffield’s brilliant organisations!
Getting started
Pre survey
Take this survey at the start of your BiG Community Challenge journey.
1. Get your team together
Teamwork is all about working cooperatively with others, taking responsibility and supporting each other to achieve a shared goal – in this case, developing your social action plan and making a difference!
2. Choosing your community
A community can be made up of people living in a particular area . A community can be made up of people who have similar interests, characteristics, beliefs, or backgrounds.
3. What is your BiG Social Action idea?
Social action involves people coming together to tackle an issue, support other people, or improve their local area. For the BiG Community Challenge we want you to identify issues in your community that your team are passionate about, and where you think you could make a positive difference.
4. What is your BiG Social Action plan?
Problem solving is about generating ideas and evaluating those options – in this case, thinking of different solutions to your problem, working with your community to find out what they want, and deciding which ideas are best.
5. Take action
Aiming high is the ability to set clear, tangible goals and devise a robust route to achieving them – in this case, effective planning, setting goals for yourself and your team and knowing what doing well looks like!
Journaling and post survey
Reflective journal
An opportunity to reflect on your Social Action project and your own learning.
Introduction to journaling
Produced by the Careers Collective for the entrants of the BiG Community Challenge. Sponsored by Henry Boot.
Social Action template
A template to give your details about your team and answer the questions "What?", "Why?", "Who?", "Where?" and "When?" about your idea.
Post-survey
Take this survey at the end of your BiG Community Challenge journey.