If you run a trusted organisation, a community group or a council, you can adopt Purpose Crew and run a chapter locally. You bring the local relationships and trust; we provide the model, the tools and the support. The whole pack is gifted, free to take and adapt.
A chapter is not a new organisation. It is a programme run inside an existing organisation that already holds trust with the people it serves, a city mission, a marae-based or kaupapa Maori service, a church social-services arm, or a community trust. That host is the legal home. It carries the duty of care, holds the bank account and the participant data, and runs the chapter its own way, with our model as a starting point rather than a rulebook.
The loop is simple: a small professional-led crew does a few hours of useful community work, everyone who attends earns a token, and the crew spends those tokens together on a shared experience. Routine, contribution and belonging come back together, one session at a time. The first chapter needs no software: a landing page, a spreadsheet and a paper token ledger are enough.
A chapter is honest about the law it sits inside. Two written confirmations come before a single participant is recruited, and the start date moves before either of them does.
Alongside these, the host (an existing employer) is already the legally responsible PCBU, can run Police vetting, and holds public liability insurance. ACC already covers personal injury for everyone taking part. These are the reasons a chapter lives inside a host rather than standing alone.
No single partner carries a chapter. Each gives something specific, gets something real, and can step back without the chapter collapsing: a host organisation as the legal home; a founding coordinator who holds it together; professional facilitators who lead the crews; a paid lived-experience advisor who keeps the design honest; work hosts who provide the task; experience partners who hold the rewards; funders who back the pilot; and vetted volunteers for transport and the two-adult rule. The full map, the roles and the asks are in the pack below.
When you are in touch, we send you the full pack, free, so you can see exactly what adopting the model involves. They are examples to adapt, not blank forms. Here is what it contains:
The pack is free to take and run. The only paid layer is optional: the system that runs members, work and tokens for you, and the upkeep of these shared tools as the law and the funding landscape change. The working model is a gift; the upkeep of the shared systems is a service, funded separately so every local dollar a chapter raises stays local. We name this openly from the first conversation.
The honest timeline is the better part of a year from first conversation to a running pilot, because the host search and the two legal confirmations take real time. We would rather say that plainly than under-promise. If you are an organisation that could be the home for a chapter, register your interest and we will talk you through what hosting looks like, in the order communities register.