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Find out more about the key steps involved in community development. Each of our ten steps contains useful tools and resources to help you along your journey.
- Community Ownership - why bother? - video guide
- Running public meetings - guidance note
- Starting out as a steering group - guidance note
- Constitution for a steering group - template
- Carrying out a skills analysis - guidance note
- Short term leasing - guidance note
- Arranging an option agreement - guidance note
- Instructing a valuation - guidance note
- Mapping the asset - guidance note
- Understanding organisational structures - guidance note
- Conveyancing - guidance note
- Early community engagement - guidance note
- Making connections - video guide
- Conducting a needs analysis - guidance note
- Finding expert help - guidance note
- Calling in the professionals - video guide
- Brief for consultants (multipurpose) - template
- Brief for consultants (business plan) - template
- Process for selecting and scoring - template
- Contract for consultants - template
- Finding and managing professional help - webinar slides
- Keeping the community involved - guidance note
- Digging deeper - video guide
- Running a community ballot - guidance note
- Biting the ballot - video guide
- Funding and finance options - guidance note
- Practicalities of ownership - guidance note