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<strong>Mapping</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Big</strong> <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong> 27Many of <strong>the</strong> applicant groups have formed partnerships, but in most cases <strong>the</strong> analysis has beenbased on <strong>the</strong> applicant group as <strong>the</strong> lead organisation in <strong>the</strong> partnership. In some cases, <strong>the</strong>partnerships have been described as having equal status, and it has not been possible to classify<strong>the</strong>se in <strong>the</strong> same way. <strong>The</strong>se form <strong>the</strong> Partnership group in this set.3.3.3 MembershipMembership size has been taken from <strong>the</strong> Size field on <strong>the</strong> application formsChart 8 – Group membership size, 320 proposals51-805%31-5010%80+19%16-3021%1-518%6-1527%Group Size No. ofProposals1-5 576-15 8816-30 6631-50 3251-80 1780+ 60Total 320As previously mentioned, caution needs to be used in <strong>the</strong> interpretation of <strong>the</strong> group size, and <strong>the</strong>applicants have not been consistent in <strong>the</strong>ir definition of <strong>the</strong>ir membership numbers. Some groupshave included <strong>the</strong>ir supporters as well as formal ‘members’ leading to anomalies such as a web siterun by a small number of people concluding <strong>the</strong>ir group size is 80+ because <strong>the</strong>y have this number offriends in <strong>the</strong>ir online social network. Some charities which are funded by donations from membershave included <strong>the</strong>ir membership numbers, making <strong>the</strong>m appear much larger than grant-fundedcharities which do not have a paid membership list.Membership profile describes <strong>the</strong> members of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong>r groupChart 9 – Group membership profile, 278 proposalsResidents ofBuilding/Estate3%Village/TownCommunityVolunteers19%Youth3%Management, Staff& Volunteers ofRegisteredCompany / Charity57%Common Interest(business, social,hobby)16% Ethnic Group1%Faith Group1%Group Membership No. ofProfilesProposalsCommon interest44(business, social, hobby)Ethnic Group 2Faith Group 4Management, Staff &160Volunteers of RegisteredCompany / CharityResidents of8Building/EstateVillage/Town Community 52VolunteersYouth 8Total 278Appleby Ltd July 2009

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