Christiaan McCann | Risks and Solutions for the Vulnerable | Socialwork Projects in Hobart

Notes In The Field: Newsletter No. 15 – Week ending 17th Thursday May 2026

Christiaan

This week felt like one of those weeks where the internet stopped being “content” and became community again.

A strange thing has been happening through Small Projects and the wider networks of FNB Hobart. We keep finding random people online who need help — and somehow, through conversation, timing, trust, and a willingness to act, emergency relief food packages are reaching them.

What began as occasional acts of kindness is slowly becoming a pattern.

This week we again responded to people through community Facebook pages and local online spaces. The experiences are teaching us something important: people often do not need massive systems first — they need presence, response, and someone willing to move. The systems can grow later.

There is still a learning curve. Sometimes communication is unclear. Sometimes we don’t know exactly what resources are available. Sometimes people disappear mid-conversation. But there is also a deep sense that these small acts matter.

In many ways this feels connected to the original spirit behind Small Projects — relationship before structure, participation before perfection.

Another major focus this week was continuing to promote Sing With Me.

We have been encouraging people to sing publicly, socially, and naturally again. Singing has become more than performance — it is turning into a way of reconnecting people to confidence, participation, and joy.

One special moment this week involved filming and sharing a young woman singing at choir, helping capture the spirit behind the project. Not polished entertainment. Just real people entering into music together.

The response online has been encouraging. Many people appear hungry for spaces where they are allowed to participate rather than simply consume.

You can explore more here:

  • ChristiaanMcCann.com
  • Woodcraft Adventures.com.au

Elsewhere in the field:

  • Conversations continued around community care and emergency relief.
  • Food sharing networks are slowly expanding.
  • Choir, busking, and social singing continue creating unexpected encounters.
  • Woodcraft Adventures continues quietly producing handmade Tasmanian timber pieces while exploring ways creativity, disability inclusion, and community life intersect.

There is a recurring theme emerging through all of this:

Small actions create openings.

Not every interaction becomes a movement. Not every idea succeeds. But enough moments connect together that something larger starts forming — trust, recognition, shared participation, and stories people remember.

Thank you to everyone following along, encouraging us, volunteering, sharing posts, singing, carving, helping transport food, donating materials, or simply stopping to talk.

More next week.

— Christiaan
Small Projects

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