Two Bob's Worth

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2 Bob’s Worth will be a website where people and community organisations/NGOs can register small needs they have (or big projects that can be broken down into small tasks) and volunteers can then subscribe/search for small tasks near them that they can devote a small amount of time/money to, and still make a real difference. Two cents’ worth is a colloquial expression for an individual’s opinion, usually in summary form. In Australia/UK, we'd say 2 bob's worth (a bob being colloquial for an old Oz/UK unit of currency - a shilling). It also has connotation's of a small financial contribution.

Definition of success: 
Project is running
What makes your project innovative?: 
2 Bob's Worth encourages people and community organisations/NGOs to think about the small ways we can help each other, and provides a mechanism to reach out to each other in our local communities in an organic way. It will provide resources to people and community organisations/NGOs to help us think about how big projects can be broken down into small tasks that can be accomplished by a crowd willing to do their two bob's worth, as well as those little things that just need doing to help each other succeed day to day. Corporate donors could agree to give money to worthy causes based on the number of volunteer hours donated to them, or to send people to do tasks that are listed but haven't been volunteered for in a particular period of time (which the organisation might contract to do the task).
What do you need help with?: 
The whole concept behind Two Bob's Worth is to harness the energy and enthusiasm of large numbers of people, to do a little to help out. We would like the project itself to develop in the same way - so that members of the community take responsibility for each doing our 2 Bob's Worth to make it happen. We have some supporters who can provide hosting and some development and administrative resources, but it needs a community of volunteers to realise the vision for 2 Bob's Worth. Depending on how the grant application goes, we may also be looking for funding.
Area of interest: 
Community belonging and volunteering
Digital media and technology
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