Supporting creativity and engagement: help communities thrive
We are excited to announce another round of Living Communities projects! We have a team of people in Únětice u Prahy cleaning out a spring and creating a meadow park,
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Community inspiration from the region
ViabilityNet 3.0 is up and running. As the second round of participants has just moved into the second half of the program, we’d like to give you a brief look
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Young Philanthropists in Pittsburgh
The Czech and Slovak School of Pittsburgh (Český a Slovenský Svět) has joined Via Foundation’s program for Young Philanthropists (Dobro-druzi).
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Community revitalization of a public space, minimizing impacts from a bypass and more: Here are this spring’s Living Communities projects
Will residents of a housing estate in Frýdek-Místek find consensus to revitalize their open space? Will people in the small town of Ráječko perform a musical? Is it possible to
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Better to till than fill (a field). Fast Grants helped citizens of Kladno save a field from development.
For more than ten years, people needing quick access to small grants for urgent public interest projects have turned to Via Foundation’s Fast Grants. As of 2019, Fast Grants are
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Community library in Finland
Ulla Pötsönen is an alumnus of Via’s international program, ViabilityNet 3.0. Although Ulla is originally from Finland, she has been living in the Czech Republic for some time. Back in Finland, she played a key role in making her local library in Joensuu more community oriented. We asked her how she did it.
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Bread and Streets in Sofia
ViabilityNet 3.0 is a program that supports local community leaders in Central and Eastern Europe and their ideas. Participants take part in four meetings and four study visits over a