Organisation help: General support: Group Health Check’s – identification of your group’s needs Setting up a new group Quality Assessment Checklist’s – designed to help groups improve the effectiveness of their Management Committees. One to one support sessions for individual groups covering all aspects of organisational and project development Quality Standards – including self assessments Managing your group Financial & Payroll services Model Constitutions & other governing documents Good practice guidelines & help notes to assist groups in the development of projects/committees Policies & procedures Access to a range of partnerships and initiatives through SDVS connections Insurances Information: Needs analysis for project work Information & advice including changes to legislation Project Development & Management Specific information leaflets and fact sheets on a range of topics of interest to groups Business Plans Information updates on new and ongoing funding opportunities Registering as a Charity ‘Headlines’ e-newsletter available via email or from the web Registering as a Company Limited by Guarantee Practical help: Volunteering issues Office space Organising events PO Box’s and Postal addresses Funding and funding issues Loan of equipment Legal issues Meeting Rooms with kitchen facility Governance Display boards Grant schemes Overhead projector & screen Tendering for contracts Flip Charts Social Enterprise Office equipment What help is available elsewhere Photocopying Best practice Leaflet/Poster/Document design Local partnership arrangements

Longer term support is available with tailor-made programmes of development and change. For more information please contact ‘Development Enquiries’ using our contact form here.

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