<p><em>Exciting news for anyone involved in skateboarding for development! Today, The&nbsp;Goodpush Alliance&nbsp;published the first&nbsp;<a href="http://www.goodpush.org/">online resource toolkit</a>&nbsp;for social skateboarding projects worldwide. The Goodpush Alliance, which was formed by&nbsp;<a href="https://skateistan.org/">Skateistan</a>&nbsp;last year, aims to create a global network of skateboarding for development organizations and to help share knowledge, ideas and good practice in order to increase collective impact.</em></p>

<p><em>Here at Skateistan, we’re also launching the&nbsp;<a href="http://media.skateistan.org/assets/social_survey_report_v2.pdf">results</a>&nbsp;of the first ever worldwide survey of social skateboarding projects, which we conducted, together with Pushing Boarders, back in June last year. Over 100 skate projects responded from over 50 countries, giving us a really comprehensive picture of the amazing projects out there, using skateboarding for positive change. The release of these&nbsp;<a href="http://media.skateistan.org/assets/social_survey_report.pdf">survey results</a>&nbsp;and the Goodpush toolkit mark an exciting new chapter of skateboarding’s use as a tool to make the world a better place.</em></p>

<p><em>Words by Rhianon, Skateistan’s Skate Project Specialist, who heads up The Goodpush Alliance.</em></p>

<p>For those of you around the world who are involved in a skateboarding-for-good initiative, chances are that you’re a volunteer, and/or have very limited resources to do the amazing work that you do. Most social skate projects are grassroots, with the DIY culture that’s been a part of skateboarding since the beginning. We’re all pretty good at making something out of nothing.</p>

<p>Although Skateistan is now the largest skateboarding for development organization worldwide, it started out with a couple of volunteers and three skateboards. The Goodpush toolkit is our attempt to share some of the most important lessons we’ve learned in the past 11 years, so that other skateboarding projects can get a head-start and some inspiration.</p>
