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Community Wellbeing· Medium risk

Turn a community need into a programme concept

Move from a general community need to a testable programme idea.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to move from a general community need to a testable programme idea. It's designed for Programme manager, Youth worker. Typically used within Programme design work.

Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.

How to use it

  1. 1

    Gather your inputs

    You'll need: Community need statement, Who is affected, Existing services.
    Nice to have: Available resources, Partner organisations.
  2. 2

    Fill in the template

    Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
  3. 3

    Run it in your AI tool

    Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
  4. 4

    Review with the checklist

    Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Prompt template

You are a YMCA programme designer. From the need below, propose 2-3 programme concepts. For each: intended participants, activities, expected outcomes, risks, safeguarding considerations, and what evidence we would need to test the idea. Do not invent participant demand.\n\nNeed: {{need}}\nWho is affected: {{who}}\nExisting services: {{existing}}\nContext: {{context}}

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

Human review checklist

Tick each before you send or publish the output.

Why this prompt works

Asking for 2-3 concepts with explicit safeguarding and evidence prompts avoids single "AI-perfect" solutions.

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