6. Connect: get involved in building and maintaining welcoming communities

Checklist

• Who are the hospitality heroes, influencers, entrepreneurs, and locals in your area?

• Create a network of hospitality-makers and bring them together.

• To what extent do we share a common vision and ambition for hospitality? Where do we differ?

• Organise meetings and engage with your network. Find your shared ambitions.

• Develop hospitality programmes and projects that everyone in the community can support – in other words, programmes that add value for the entire community.

• Involve other potential hospitality-makers; make them aware of their role and of your shared ambitions.

• Make your efforts visible: tell stories, share results, let hospitality-makers have their say (‘this is why I am committed to... together with...’)

Take stock of local networks: who are my local contacts?

• Your own partner network

• Cultural networks

• Local government

• Business associations

• Residents’ associations

• Neighbourhood groups

• Educational institutions

• Nature conservation groups

• Volunteer organisations

• Other public organisations

• Transport companies

• Other