Community Capacity Builders supports active citizens, social entrepreneurs, and place-based communities to address complex wicked problems by building their capacity to enable system transitions from current system states to desired system states.
Community Capacity Builders delivers two systems change programs in partnership with other organisations. These programs are:
Active Citizenship for Systems Change Program, and
Program for Systems Social Entrepreneurs
These programs are underpinned by findings from a three year research project that investigated how changemakers could increase their social impact. The research project found that while traditional programs assisted participants to create initiatives, they did not provide participants with the knowledge, skills and tools to contribute towards systems change. Community Capacity Builders Systems Change Programs addresses this weakness.
Further information on each of these programs is provided below.
Pilot Program Commences 12 May 2026
This Program has been designed for community leaders who want to act upon their values, challenge systemic and institutional inequities, and create systems change to address society's most pressing problems. The program is delivered in partnership with a lead organisations to groups of participants. It takes an inquiry-based approach, with participants learning and undertaking activities to address a complex social policy problem (wicked problem) of their choice.
The Program consists of four units:
Strengthening Democracy through Active Citizenship
Community Problem Types
Understanding Systems, and
Addressing Wicked Problems
This Program has been designed for social entrepreneurs who want to develop or strengthen initiatives that contribute towards creating systems change and address wicked problems. The program is delivered in partnership with a lead organisations to groups of participants. It takes an inquiry-based approach, with participants learning and undertaking activities to address a wicked problem of their choice.
The Program consists of four units:
Understanding Social Entrepreneurship
Mapping Problem & Solution Ecosystems
Developing Initiatives, and
Developing Social Enterprises
