Stewardship circle
Sets mission, protects integrity, approves major commitments and remains accountable to the public interest.
Accountability: legal, financial and ethical oversightHow We Organise
A meritocracy built to keep learning.
CACHE is designed around clear responsibility, open evidence and earned influence. People can lead because they contribute useful work, build trust and improve outcomes, not simply because of title or seniority.
Operating Model
Small teams, visible decisions, shared accountability.
The organisation is intentionally iterative. We will publish what is fixed, what is being tested and what can change as CACHE moves from a CBO toward a trust.
Working groups
Small, cross-functional teams own problem areas from research through field testing and learning.
Accountability: outcomes, evidence and budgetsCommunity council
Brings lived experience into priorities, reviews risks and challenges assumptions before resources move.
Accountability: relevance, inclusion and trustOperations and technology
Maintains the systems, records, safeguarding, finance and custom software that make participation reliable.
Accountability: transparency and continuityMerit, Not Status
Influence is earned through contribution.
A meritocracy only works when the rules are visible and power can be challenged. Performance is never judged by output alone: ethical conduct, collaboration and community accountability matter too.
Evidence
What do we know, and how close is that knowledge to the people affected?
Impact
How meaningful could the outcome be if the idea works?
Feasibility
Can the team build, test and maintain it with the resources available?
Equity
Who benefits, who may be excluded, and what safeguards are needed?
Learning
Will the work produce useful knowledge even if the first approach fails?
CACHE Commons
Ideas earn resources through a transparent vote.
This is the proposed custom decision system: contributors review the same evidence, score ideas against shared criteria and record reasons for their recommendation. The software makes judgement visible; it does not replace responsibility.
Evidence before enthusiasmDisclose conflictsMinority views stay visible
Idea review · demonstration● Open
Rank 1 of 3
86/100Community safety mapping
Owner: Safety working group
EvidenceStrong
EffortMedium
DecisionPilot next
Institutional Growth
From CBO to trust, without losing the reason we began.
Legal form should follow the work. Each stage adds capacity only when the organisation has the governance, evidence and accountability to carry it well.
Community-based organisation
A focused operating structure for local problem discovery, experiments and accountable community work.
Public-interest trust
A stronger institutional form for holding assets, receiving larger grants and stewarding long-term programmes.
Adaptive organisation
The structure changes when evidence shows a better way to make decisions, share power and serve communities.
Our Promise
The structure is a tool. The mission is the constant.
We will document how decisions are made, publish meaningful conflicts and changes, and revise the operating model when communities, evidence or responsible growth require it.