PlaceCal is community calendar that is updated by the local organisations themselves instead of centrally managed. It’s a self-sustaining initiative that’s exactly what communities have been waiting for.
Using PlaceCal, communities can improve their social connection by getting people out of their homes, and tackles the wider health that result from isolation.
PlaceCal has a broad range of specific benefits:
1. It works with existing resources
PlaceCal is both service and software but it requires nothing new. It works by helping organisations create and publish their own content promoting their events and services using software they already have.
This could be Google Calendar, Outlook and Facebook, or existing organisation websites. PlaceCal then aggregates this data for you, resulting in citizen-curated, reliable, up-to-date listings of neighbourhood events in ways that can be accessed by everyone.
Our people will work with you to ensure your listings are being included in PlaceCal as part of the service.
2. It saves a lot of time
PlaceCal massively reduces the overhead of organisations and individuals who are currently keeping track of events (“asset mapping”) in old school formats like Word or Excel.
PlaceCal has been enabling people to work together better by making it easy to see at a glance what’s going on. It eliminates the need to double up on effort because the listings are continuously synchronised in one place.
3. It has a wide reach
Our website PlaceCal.org shows events from our pilot area Hulme and Moss Side in Manchester, UK. It was launched in December 2017, and we’re currently expanding to Moston and Mossley.
As a hub for event information, it is frequently used for print-outs and adapted for posters, flyers, brochures and community radio broadcasts which can reach people who may not be as digitally connected.
4. It’s proven to work
The pilot has had an enormously positive response from both residents and institutional stakeholders. There is clear demand for a roll-out from both individual neighbourhoods and institutional partners, as well as a number of neighbourhood and larger area commissions in negotiation.
The bigger PlaceCal grows, the better our service gets.
5. It improves communities
PlaceCal delivers a community development program that connects people and organisations with culture, health and social housing institutions in neighbourhood communities.
It tackles social isolation and promotes wellbeing by enabling community partnerships to create and share joined-up information about services and events in their area.
It is an innovative blend of community partnership building, education and IT infrastructure.
PlaceCal ticks all the boxes and we’re with you every step of the way. Find out more about our principles.
Why use PlaceCal
================
PlaceCal is community calendar that is updated by the local
organisations themselves instead of centrally managed. It’s a
self-sustaining initiative that’s exactly what communities have been
waiting for.
Using PlaceCal, communities can improve their social connection by
getting people out of their homes, and tackles the wider health that
result from isolation.
PlaceCal has a broad range of specific benefits:
1. It works with existing resources
-----------------------------------
PlaceCal is both service and software but it requires nothing new. It
works by helping organisations create and publish *their own content*
promoting their events and services using software they already have.
This could be Google Calendar, Outlook and Facebook, or existing
organisation websites. PlaceCal then aggregates this data for you,
resulting in citizen-curated, reliable, up-to-date listings of
neighbourhood events in ways that can be accessed by everyone.
Our people will work with you to ensure your listings are being included
in PlaceCal as part of the service.
2. It saves a lot of time
-------------------------
PlaceCal massively reduces the overhead of organisations and individuals
who are currently keeping track of events (“asset mapping”) in old
school formats like Word or Excel.
PlaceCal has been enabling people to work together better by making it
easy to see at a glance what’s going on. It eliminates the need to
double up on effort because the listings are continuously synchronised
in one place.
3. It has a wide reach
----------------------
Our website `PlaceCal.org <https://PlaceCal.org>`__ shows events from
our pilot area Hulme and Moss Side in Manchester, UK. It was launched in
December 2017, and we’re currently expanding to Moston and Mossley.
As a hub for event information, it is frequently used for print-outs and
adapted for posters, flyers, brochures and community radio broadcasts
which can reach people who may not be as digitally connected.
4. It’s proven to work
----------------------
The pilot has had an enormously positive response from both residents
and institutional stakeholders. There is clear demand for a roll-out
from both individual neighbourhoods and institutional partners, as well
as a number of neighbourhood and larger area commissions in negotiation.
The bigger PlaceCal grows, the better our service gets.
5. It improves communities
--------------------------
PlaceCal delivers a community development program that connects people
and organisations with culture, health and social housing institutions
in neighbourhood communities.
It tackles social isolation and promotes wellbeing by enabling community
partnerships to create and share joined-up information about services
and events in their area.
It is an innovative blend of community partnership building, education
and IT infrastructure.
PlaceCal ticks all the boxes and we’re with you every step of the way.
Find out more about :doc:`our principles <our-principles>`.