{"id":366,"date":"2025-12-15T21:03:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/dir\/?page_id=366"},"modified":"2026-09-28T21:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T21:04:19","slug":"running","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=366","title":{"rendered":"Running 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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/running_parts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1253\" style=\"width:901px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/running_parts.png 794w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/running_parts-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/running_parts-768x667.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How your community group, charity or social enterprise should be operating: each of the steps explained<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course will explain what you need to do to properly run your:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>community group, or <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>charity, including a <em>Registered<\/em> Charity, or <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>social enterprise or community business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will give detailed practical tips and guidance for your Committee, Trustees or Directors on those six prime areas of Governing &amp; Managing (strategy planning), Meeting, Financing, Polices, Operating and Reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It Includes information from, and links to, the Charity Commission, Companies House and the CIC Regulator, HMRC, the Information Commissioner&#8217;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.<\/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\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nA two-hour online course (with Q&amp;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&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=366\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Running 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-366","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\/366","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=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366\/revisions\/1310"}],"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=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}