Running a “group for good”

A two-hour online course (with Q&A and breaks)

How your community group, charity or social enterprise should be operating: each of the steps explained

This course will explain what you need to do to properly run your:

  • community group, or
  • charity, including a Registered Charity, or
  • social enterprise or community business

It will give detailed practical tips and guidance for your Committee, Trustees or Directors on those six prime areas of Governing & Managing (strategy planning), Meeting, Financing, Polices, Operating and Reporting.

It Includes information from, and links to, the Charity Commission, Companies House and the CIC Regulator, HMRC, the Information Commissioner’s Office, and your local Chambers of Commerce, as well as specialist support from the likes of the Charities Excellence Framework, Embrace Finance, as well as the not-for-private-profit support agencies in Berkshire such as inVOLve Community Services, Volunteer Centre West Berkshire, Reading Voluntary Action, WAM Get Involved and Slough CVS.


This course is introductory to its subject area, with suggestions and links to more-authoritative and in-depth sources, plus after-course written guides.

This course can be provided for your organisation at a reasonable cost, or individuals may be able to attend one of these courses run by another organisation, especially if you or your group are in Berkshire.
Contact me to find out more, including typical costs.