Welcome to VISIBLE Communities™ quality systems and standards for the community sector. Developed by Community Matters in consultation with its members and other core stakeholders, VISIBLE Communities™ is a unique approach to promoting quality and best practice in the community sector.

VISIBLE Communities™ is based around a set of seven core principles that we believe underpin strong sustainable community organisations.

By sustainable we mean well run, financially sound, and delivers high quality social impacts.

On this website you can find out about:

• The VISIBLE Standard, the nationally accredited quality standard for community organisations. This standard is aimed at medium to large community organisations often referred to as community anchors. However, with the ability to shape the quality standard to fit your organisation by choosing which indicators to measure yourself against many other community organisations beyond just community anchors can benefit from the VISIBLE Standard.
• The PreVISIBLE Review. Based upon key elements of the VISIBLE Standard, this development tool is aimed at community groups of all shapes and sizes and provides (a) an opportunity for groups to reflect upon and develop their statutory and legal obligations and minimum best practice and (b) an opportunity to have these quality systems independently reviewed.

You will also find on this website extensive guidance on best practice for community groups and how to implement it along with sign-posting to further information.