Find out how to organise and run your AGM.
Strengthening Groups
Opening a bank account for voluntary and community organisations
Some of the major banks and building societies offer special accounts for small voluntary and community organisations and give free banking as long as your account is in credit.
Using Excel to keep your financial records
This is a guide on how to set up your accounts using Microsoft Excel.
The Benefits of Volunteering
The benefits of community involvement in the provision of services, including the management and improvement of parks and green spaces, is proven and well known.
Applying for grant funding
One of the great advantages community park groups have over individuals or the council is their eligibility to access a whole range of different funding sources to make park improvements, carry out projects or hold events.
Sample Meeting Agenda
This is a sample set of minutes for a groups committee meeting.
What Makes an Effective Chairperson?
The chair or chairperson is a key role on any voluntary management committee.
How to be an effective secretary
Each management committee will have its own way of doing things and the way in which work is shared out can depend on the skills, interests or amounts of time that a person has to offer.
Sources of funding
A short guide to finding funding sources both locally and nationally.
How to be an effective treasurer
The treasurer works closely with the management committee to safeguard the organisation’s finances, with a watchdog role over all aspects of financial management.