Plan for fewer people
Groups shrink. Oliver Bond went from eight or nine to a few.
Keep a regular time
A garden worked on most Sundays keeps going, even with one person.
Hold one or two events a year, not ten
Mud Island has an open day and a Halloween party. Dublin Community Growers ran out of volunteer time on big festivals.
Get noticed locally
Ballymun City Farm was a hidden gem until young people made films about it.
Get a named contact at the council
Emails that get no reply stall a project.
Draft. Not yet checked with the people who did it.
Keep a group going after the first year
What the projects say about volunteers, events, visibility and the council.