Our Consumer Place Starter Kit

A Consumer Developed Initiative (CDI) is a broad phrase that describes anything purposeful that consumers do either on their own; or with a group; or in partnership with an agency; or as an employee or consultant.

The term takes in a wide variety of activities. The purpose might include starting up a walking group, putting on an event, getting politically active, or starting up a business, to take just a few examples.

These help sheets are designed to help you think about why you might want to be part of a CDI, how to go about starting one up, and how to keep it going.

Click on the links below to access the help sheets.

• Introduction to CDI
• Joining a group
• Why do we want to start groups of our own?
• Forming a group
• Recruting members for new groups
• Membership of groups
• Group leadership
• Starting to keep records
• Communication between group members
• Advertising your group
• Considering language and style

(If you have already started a group, and wish to become more formalised or get more specialist help in particular aspects of running your group, visit the Growing and Formalising Your CDI section of the website by Clicking Here.)

Download the Starter Kit for CDI's (Pdf 324 Kb)

 

 

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