Town Teams

The Town Team Model emerged organically in Perth, Western Australia. The first Town Team began in 2009, although the Town Team lexicon wasnt used until 2014. The Town Team name was based on terminology used in the ground-breaking Portas Review of the United Kingdoms high street precincts in 2011, where forming local town teams was Recommendation No... . 1 of the 28 recommendations in the report. By 2015, there were 10 groups of businesses, landowners and residents in Perth that were based on a similar positive, proactive and action-focussed approach. The model had spread without centralised control, support or direction. A small group of volunteers saw the need to support, connect, inspire and promote the, until then, separate and dispersed Town Teams to enable them to achieve more. An independent, non-profit organisation Town Team Movement was created over a number of years as an underarching leader of a positive movement of citizen-led action. We are guided by a group of passionate members that have lived and breathed town teams over the last 10 years. The members are the vision-keepers of the organisation and vote on the Directors of the organisation. Our Directors are also volunteers that oversee the strategic direction and corporate governance of the organisation. Our paid staff and contractors are led by TTMs Executive Directors Dean Cracknell and Jimmy Murphy. These are the people who can work with you and your community. Find out more about our staff here .Read More