The core function of Transition US is to be a catalyst for the Transition model. The strategy going forward is to continue in this role, and specifically to:

• Develop and deepen Transition Training:
  • Develop teams of Transition Trainers able to provide coverage across the country
  • Increase the number and breadth of Transition courses while ensuring their quality
  • Establish best practices for Training based on sharing of ideas across the Training teams
  • Provide ongoing support to Transition Trainers
• Co‐ordinate and co‐create materials that assist Transition Initiatives in their projects:
  • Offer a regular blog where people can post their successes, events and news
  • Support the shared production of “How to” Guides and Videos
  • Provide tools to facilitate presentations, examples of best practice and EDAP’s
  • Provide a forum for people to share their own resources, such as links, papers, short films or PowerPoint presentations
• Launch the Chapter structure for Transition Initiatives to enable them to raise funds as a non-profit organization under the Transition US umbrella
• Organize an annual national conference to which all US Transition Initiatives may contribute
• Support new emerging areas of Transition by designing specific events
• Encourage and support the development of regional Transition Hubs
• Think strategically and cooperatively about the emerging context in which Transition Initiatives grow, developing and revising our practices as necessary
• Work closely with Transition Network Limited, sharing experiences, concepts and best practices to ensure that duplication of effort is kept to a minimum, at the same time bearing in mind the desirability, where possible, of projects and functions being owned by the most appropriate people/groups at as local a level as possible