Building the next generation of social infrastructure

Community Stack was born out of years spent organising grassroots meetups, user groups, and community gatherings across Yorkshire and beyond. Through hundreds of events, we saw first-hand how powerful communities can be, helping people build confidence, find opportunity, develop skills, and feel part of something bigger than themselves.

But we also saw the fragility behind the success. Some communities thrived with strong networks, funding, and awareness, while others doing equally meaningful work struggled with visibility, resources, and long-term sustainability.

That imbalance shaped our belief that communities aren't just social spaces, they are infrastructure. And like any infrastructure, they need support, continuity, and shared systems if they are going to endure.

Community Stack was created to help build that infrastructure.

Community Stack has never been about building a single product or platform, it has always been about building capacity, resilience, and shared infrastructure across ecosystems.

Our work is grounded in a simple belief: Communities already function as social infrastructure, they haven't always been recognised, supported, or sustained as such.

This is not a short-term initiative. It is a stewardship-led effort to strengthen the foundations that so many people, organisations, and futures already depend on.