Support for Groups

Change and community growth can often come from small shoots, innovative thinking, very local initiatives or charismatic individuals 'on a missionThe broad effect the organisation or project wants to have, why it exists. A summary of the overall difference it wants to make. '. Through this sort of activity society changes or develops.

By definition, emerging needs cannot be predicted. However it can often take many years for a group to arise from initial ideas and the identification of a need to floating off to an organisation in their own right.

Local Support

National Support Services

  • Supporting trusteeA member of the governing board of a charity, which is legally responsible for overall management and decision-making. Trustees are obliged to act in the best interests of the charity, to make sure it sticks to its charitable purposes. Can be personally liable for the under performance or illegal acts of a charity. boards
    www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/askncvo/TrusteeGovernance
  • OutcomesThe changes, benefits, learning or other effects that result from what the project or organisation makes, offers or provides. and qualityLearning about what you are doing well and doing it better; finding out what you may need to change to make sure you meet the needs of your users more effectively. systems (e.g. PQASSO)
    www.ces-vol.org.uk
  • Legal aspects of managing a charity
    Charity commission
  • Social enterpriseA business with primarily social objectives. Surpluses are re-invested for the purpose in the business or in the community, rather than distributed to shareholders. Social Enterprises can encompass everything from mutuals, employee-owned businesses, private companies or co-operatives.
    www.dta.org.uk

Developing Support for New Groups

The Pride of Place
Joint community strategies have been agreed across East Sussex to identify where there are gaps and areas of need in the county.

Local Area Agreements oversee specific targetA defined level of achievement, which a project sets itself to achieve in a specific period of time. outcomesThe changes, benefits, learning or other effects that result from what the project or organisation makes, offers or provides. .

Starting up?

Many funders now require a wide range of policies and procedures to be in place to make sure that financial contributions are properly managed.

An emphasis is now placed on organisations monitoringCollecting and recording information in a routine and systematic way to check progress against plans and enable evaluation. and evaluating the delivery of services by attaining organisational qualityLearning about what you are doing well and doing it better; finding out what you may need to change to make sure you meet the needs of your users more effectively. standards. Help is available to new groups to find a way through the maze.

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