SETTING UP
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Building your community group from scratch: a workbook, with exercises and examples, to guide groups into building a spark of an idea into a fully-fledged project
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Transition network: useful guides on starting and maintaining a community group
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Choosing a legal structure (inc. online tool to help you choose)
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Becoming a charity: Information to help your community organisation understand whether it is or could be a charity,
HOLDING MEETINGS
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One way to run a productive meeting from Stewardwood
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Consensus decision-making from Seeds for Change
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When not to use consensus from Rhizome Network
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Group decision-making from 350.org
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Taking minutes from Seeds for Change
GUIDES ON HEALTHY GROUP DYNAMICS
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My Community database of resources from 12 organisations
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
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Transition health check
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What organisational culture best fosters diversity? by Kaytee Ray-Reik (article)
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Neon Introductory Guide: Power and Privilege, A handbook for political organisers
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Activities/workshop outlines on group working e.g. conflict resolution, trust, power dynamics
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If you are looking to develop your leadership skills or have taken on a new role in your group, charity mentors may be able to help you with 1 to 1 mentoring.
Charity mentors have a resource for charities to become more resilient in leadership
FACILITATION & CONFLICT RESOLUTION
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The CAG Project Conflict Resolution Guide & Policy: a policy document giving guidance for groups experiencing conflict
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Rhizome Collective resources on facilitation and working with conflict
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Tree Bresson’s group facilitation site
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Aorta Cooperative facilitation guides
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The Five Fold Path of Productive Meetings Starhawk
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Working with conflict in our groups: A guide for grassroots activists
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Resolve the conflict quick guide
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12 skill response from the Conflict Resolution Network