{"id":364,"date":"2025-12-15T21:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/dir\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:00:54","slug":"starting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=364","title":{"rendered":"Starting a &#8220;group for good&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"JFWebsiteWidget-01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/website-widgets\/embed\/01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A two-hour online course (with Q&amp;A and breaks)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Good-1024x608.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Good-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Good-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Good-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Good.png 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to START a community group, a social enterprise or a charity: each steps explained, including <\/strong><em><strong>&#8220;why would I want to do this?<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a \u2018group for good\u2019?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026it\u2019s a charity, isn\u2019t? Can be, but it <strong>isn\u2019t just<\/strong> a Registered Charity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a community group, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a charity, including a <em>Registered<\/em> Charity, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a steering group (set up to grow into something bigger), or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a social enterprise or community business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course starts by helping you to decide about the type of \u201cgroup for good\u201d, asks (and start to answer) the questions about how to set up one, continues with setting up an informal community group, and concludes with How to Register a charity or community business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course is <em>introductory<\/em> to its subject area, with suggestions and links to more-authoritative and in-depth sources, plus after-course written guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course can be <strong>provided for your organisation<\/strong> at a reasonable cost, or individuals may be able to attend one of these courses <a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=361\/#training\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"361\">run by another organisation<\/a>, especially if you or your group are in Berkshire. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/#contact\">Contact me<\/a> to find out more, including typical costs for your group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nA two-hour online course (with Q&amp;A and breaks) How to START a community group, a social enterprise or a charity: each steps explained, including &#8220;why would I want to do this?&#8220; What&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=364\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Starting a &#8220;group for good&#8221;\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":361,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","entry-type-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/1306"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}