Guide How to manage your group’s accounts Finance and accounting can be daunting when you set up a community group. This guide explains the basics and points you to other great…
Guide How to find funding? General hints and tips for finding funding for your projects. What you need to think about when you want to find money for your project…
Guide Insurance for local groups What is insurance, why do you need it and how do you get it? This is not formal insurance advice.
Guide Making sure everyone can access your group or project How to make your projects accessible to everyone. Find out what the barriers are and support equal access to your projects.
Guide Managing conflict in a community group Understanding conflict and how to deal with it in groups. What causes conflict, and what are some good ways of tackling it?
Guide Practical tips for cross-cultural communication Helpful hints when you are working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. It's useful to know that people from around the…
Guide Reaching people in your community How to get the word out about your group or your project, and connect with people in your community.
Guide Risk assessments for community groups What is a risk assessment, how do you do one, and how can you manage risk?
Guide Running a group session: how to get started Advice about how to run a group session and facilitate a meeting. What does facilitation mean, and how can you make sure your meetings…
Guide Setting up a basic community group This guide explains how to set up a basic community group or unincorporated association. It covers meetings, constitutions, money and…
Guide Should our group be constituted? This guide tells you what it means to be a constituted group. Some funders only give money to constituted groups. How can you become one…
Guide Speaking to councils, councillors and people in authority Speaking to people in authority can be daunting, but knowing how to speak to people like councillors is a valuable skill that can…