The West Beacy Bunch is a “geographic” community group in south west Beaconsfield, near Fremantle Western Australia. The group is “exclusively inclusive” – exclusive in that you can only join if you live in the defined Beacy Bunch area (see map), but inclusive in that we focus on making sure that everyone in that area is involved.
We are proud to say that 70% of residents in the area have joined our email list, and our monthly fliers are dropped in every letter box. People can identify our fliers because they are hand written with a child’s drawing – that way they don’t get thrown out with the junk mail.
As a group we coordinate at least one activity every month – from plant swaps to outdoor movies, long table dinners to bonfires. Check out our Upcoming Events page for things coming up and the Past Events page for photos of our activites in the past. In 2024 we organised 26 activities with 16 people helping by hosting something.
We also have two smaller sub groups. Friends of Milbourne Street Verge have taken on the revegetation of a section of verge at the end of Livingstone Street. And our Multi Site Community Garden Group currently has shared gardens on Moran Street and Beard Street – with more to come!
We have a very relaxed organisational structure. There is at least one Street Coordinator in every street who organises the distribution of notes and makes sure that folk in their street know about events and feel welcome to come along. Events are organised by anyone who is passionate about organising something. We don’t have a formal committee– most of the organising is done via a small whatsapp group.
For more information about our group, have a look at the TEDxPerth talk below from 2023.