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NRC Supported Community Chamber of Commerce Co‑operatives (CCC)

Diagram showing CCC co-ops linking Local Authorities, Social Support Structures, Business Economic Drivers and Local Residents around a community
CCC Co‑ops connect local authorities, social structures, businesses and residents to uplift communities.

CCC Co‑ops are designed to grow and thrive as communities come together in diversity, to works as a unit to impact and improve their town.

It creates a unit wherein Businesses, Social Structures, Residents and Local Authorities take hands for the benefit of the greater community. Effective community development requires active collaboration between these groups to achieve sustainable growth and address collective challenges for improved quality of life.

Businesses play an important role in the economic growth of a community with the supply of goods and services and investment into the community. The emotional, informal and practical aid network of social support structures are important for the well‑being of a community. The local authority plays an integral part to keep the health and safety as well as the infrastructure of a community together. The local residents are the energy drivers of a community.

The smallest part of a community is the family or individual household where all the elements of a community are enjoyed.

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