folk thing · the people's assembly

Organise your community.

Members, programmes, volunteers, meetings, documents, reminders, and funding follow-up in one shared space.

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for community organisations of every kind · setup in a morning · built in Cape Town

public pages · shared calendars · real human support

mon 18

tue 19

wed 20

thu 21

fri 22

08:00 — 09:30

Food garden shift

PRG-2026-0418

10:00 — 11:00

Grant budget review

DOC-2026-0419

09:00 — 09:45

Youth mentoring

PRG-2026-0420

14:00 — 14:45

Member intake

CRM-2026-0421

reminder sent

programme · #4421

Amina Jacobs

14:00 - 14:45 · 18 members

07:30 — 08:30

Co-op stock count

OPS-2026-0422

11:00 — 12:00

Committee meeting

MIN-2026-0423

15:00 — 16:00

Volunteer onboarding

TEAM-2026-0424

10:00 — 11:30

Clinic transport

PRG-2026-0425

08:00 — 10:00

AGM prep

GOV-2026-0426

13:30 — 14:30

Donor follow-up

needs owner

Built for the people who hold a community together.

Not generic admin software. Folk Thing is shaped around how community organisations actually run.

01 · NGOs

Coordinate programmes, beneficiaries, volunteers, reports, and partner commitments without losing the thread.

02 · co-ops

Keep members, shifts, stock, meetings, decisions, and payouts visible to the people responsible for them.

03 · community groups

Publish a simple public site, collect signups, assign tasks, and keep regular activities moving.

Start the organisation. Gather your people. Keep things moving.

01

Set up your base.

Create the organisation, choose the pages you need, add contact details, and give members a clear place to land.

02

Put it in order.

Turn programmes, sessions, meetings, and requests into owners, dates, tasks, documents, chats, and reminders.

03

Stay accountable.

Track who was helped, what was promised, what is funded, and what still needs a decision.

a story

"We stopped running the organisation from scattered chats, spreadsheets, and memory."

Amina Jacobs - Salt River Community Kitchen.

9 months on Folk Thing · 32 volunteers · 14 weekly programmes

Set up the structure. Make it visible to everyone.

For community organisations of every kind · cancel anytime

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Holding a community together is serious.
It deserves proper tools.

Folk Thing helps the people holding the organisation together spend less time chasing admin and more time with members.