• To build representative and competent community leaders and structures that co-operate and address local development challenges
• Strengthen existing and new Community Based Organisations, projects, initiatives and civil society/community network structures
• Facilitate the creation of representative community structures that can engage with municipalities and provincial departments and participate in development planning and processes
• Facilitate the establishment of effective community structures including ward committees, school governing bodies and community policing forums.
• Facilitate communities' engagement with an FCR-facilitated inter-community resource and learning network, parti.org.za
• Advocate and promote a culture of tolerance of political and other forums of diversity, and co-operation towards common development objectives
• Produce effective internship programmes for prospective development practitioners focused on practical learning and skills for potential development practitioners and community workers.

Activities for FCR's integrated programme will include:

• Engagement - identifying communities and engaging an initial group to map the situation in terms of community structures and leadership, and identify participants.
• Capacity building (design and facilitation)
• Facilitation of monitoring, evaluation and learning processes, including use of parti.org.za as a monitoring and learning platform
• Development and sharing of learning materials, including via parti.org.za
• Recording, documenting and sharing significant actions and learning, and facilitating the same by participants
• Follow-up support