Good governance  | Setting up a new group or project

Setting up a new group or project

How to identify and evidence the need

Setting up a steering group

Building a team.

Charity Trustee: declaration of eligibility and responsibility.

Who will run the charity?

Forming a steering group

What makes a group good?

Steering groups

Listening to your community

Consulting your local community

Listening training for wellbeing

Supporting youth-focussed organisations throughout Scotland

Organisational capacity

We're listening!

Listening to your Community

Learning about your community

Community learning and development

What is community development?

What is community learning and development?

Community development: tackling inequality

Feasibility studies

Local Energy Scotland - CARES Enablement Grant

Case Studies

Feasibility Studies - intro

Feasibility study - example

Feasibility study - guide to good practice - Download

Feasibility study - guide to good practice

How to evaluate your local area

Community right to buy

Community right to buy

Scottish Government - Community Land Team

Opportunities for community ownership of land

Community Land owners Scotland

Land reform

Community right to buy

Community right to buy and take over land and buildings

Register of community interests in land

Community engagement

Community Planning Review - Statement of Ambition

National standards for community engagement

Community Planning

Single Outcome Agreements

Good practice in community engagement from an equality perspective 

Community engagement

National Standards for Community Engagement

Community empowerment

How to engage with your community

What we believe about participation

Needs analysis

Make the ask

A range of evaluation tools and support

Evaluation - getting started

Evaluation guidance

Identify the difference you want to make

Conducting a needs analysis

Needs analysis checklist - example

Planning your impact and evaluation

Choosing a structure

Voluntary or unincorporated association

Voluntary or unincorporated association

Model constitution

Detailed clause-by-clause guidance

Additional clauses you may want to use

1.1 Legal structures

Unincorporated associations and clubs

Charitable Trust

Deciding your charitable status

Trust

Glossary of Terms: The charity test

The charity test

Set up a charitable trust

1.3 Trusts

Company Limited by Guarantee

Company Limited by Guarantee 

Company House

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)

SCIO (SCVO)

How to write a SCIO constitution

What is a SCIO

Should my organisation become a SCIO?

SCIO (OSCR)

A guide to SCIO

FAQs: SCIO’s on the Index of Company Names

1.4 Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Community Interest Company (CIC)

Other Structures/Community Interest Company (SCVO)

Community interest companies (GOV.UK)

Community Interest Companies (OSCR)

1.6 Community interest companies (Voluntary Sector Gateway West Lothian)

Industrial and Provident Societies

Other Structures/Industrial and Provident Society (IPS)

Registered societies: an introduction

Mutuals Public Register

Friendly Societies

Other structures/Friendly Society

Friendly Societies: an introduction

Development Trust 

The community led regeneration network

So you want to set up a development trust? The essential guide to getting it right.

Charitable Status

Charity Legislation 

Charity law

OSCR Legislation

Becoming a Charity

Running a charity/Setting up a charity

Decide on charitable status

The charity test

Becoming a charity in Scotland

Becoming a charity

Charitable purposes

Retaining charitable status 

Protecting charitable status checklist

Reviews of Charitable Status/Why do we review charitable status?

References to charity status 

Publicising Charitable Status

Publicising that you are a charity

Registration logo for Scottish charities

Register search

Making changes 

Write your constitution

Changing Charitable Purposes

Change your charity’s purpose(s)

Consent application: change purpose(s)

Change your charity’s name

Charity Names Guidance

Company Limited by guarantee/Choosing a name

Reporting notifiable events 

Notifiable Events guidance

Data protection & GDPR 

Ceasing to be a charity 

Winding up or Dissolving Your Charity

Governing documents

Writing a governing document 

Write your constitution

Resource Library/Unincorporated template constitution

Governance

Governing document

Being a Charity in Scotland

Step 4/Your governing document

Glossary definition: Governing document

Voluntary or unincorporated association/Write your constitution

Cross Border Constitution Briefing Note

Good Governance

Governance code

Developing a governing document

How to write your charity's governing document

Introduction to governance

What is a governing document?

Policies procedure checklist

Becoming a Charity

Running a charity/Setting up a charity

Decide on charitable status

The charity test

Becoming a charity in Scotland

Becoming a charity

Charitable purposes

Retaining charitable status 

Protecting charitable status checklist

Reviews of Charitable Status/Why do we review charitable status?

References to charity status 

Publicising Charitable Status

Publicising that you are a charity

Registration logo for Scottish charities

Register search

Making changes 

Write your constitution

Changing Charitable Purposes

Change your charity’s purpose(s)

Consent application: change purpose(s)

Change your charity’s name

Charity Names Guidance

Company Limited by guarantee/Choosing a name

Reporting notifiable events 

Notifiable Events guidance

Data protection & GDPR 

Ceasing to be a charity 

Winding up or Dissolving Your Charity

Trustees, Boards and Committees

General roles and responsibilities

Guide role of management committee

Trustee Recruitment - Advertising the role

Trustee recruitment

How to complete a skills audit

Organisational resource bank

Charity ethical principles

Roles and responsibilities

Board Responsibilities

Appendix 1: Group committee roles/Other committee members

Skills audit

Legal roles and responsibilities

FAQs:/What is a charitee trustee

Guidance and good practice for Charity Trustees

Charity Trustee Duties

Roles and responsibilities

Group committee roles/Other committee members

Trustee Recruitment - Checking the legalities 

On Board - A guide for Board Members of Public Bodies in Scotland

Role of Chair

Roles & responsibilities/Chair

Guide role of chairperson

Role of the Treasurer

Roles & responsibilities/Treasurer

Guide role of treasurer

Role of the Secretary 

Roles & responsibilities /Secretary

Guide role of secretary

Holding Meetings

Meetings

Templates (agenda and minutes)

Forming sub groups

Forming Sub Committees

What is the Role of Sub-Committees?