Theme 6: Community resources

The term 'community resources' covers a wide range of things that’s potentially helping the
community. This could be anything as long as it provides assistance or a service to the members of
the local area. To put it simply, community resources include people, places, activities and things.
They could be businesses, organizations, public service institutions or individuals in the community.

Community resources can also be funded in a variety of ways. They can be run by completely non-
profit groups or by the government, businesses or just one person. While traditionally these
resources meant specific support groups, charitable organisations or different outreach groups,
nowadays, they refer to a wider set of things.

The list of types of community resources are also endless. There are of course more established and
more commonly known ones that anyone could name from the top of their head. But as long as
something is supporting a community, a smaller group of it or even one single individual, that thing
or person counts as part of community resources.

Here are some examples of these to give you a general idea about community resources.

People

 teacher;

 postal worker; Another example: Table 1. Types of basic community resources

 firefighter; Arts and entertainment center

BankCommunity or civic center
 florist; Convenience store
 doctor; Daycare center
Fire station
 priest; Fitness center or gym
 mechanic; Laundry or dry cleaner
Library
 vet; Medical or dental office
Museum
 police officer;
Pharmacy
 dentist. Police station
Post office
Places
Place of worship
 place of worship; Restaurant
School
 butcher shop; Supermarket
 bakery; Other neighborhood-serving retail
Other office building or major employment center
 flower shop;

 grocery store;

 post office;

 GP;

 gym;
  playground;

 train station;

 zoo;

 museum;

 library;

 cinema;

 theatre;

 restaurant.

Services

 physical and mental health services;

 youth services;

 substance abuse services;

 religious services;

 financial services;

 entertainment services.