Setting up a new group

If you searched for a group that meets your needs and can’t find one, you might consider setting up a new group or organisation.

Whether you are thinking of starting a small support group or establishing a not-for-profit organisation we have collected links to resources that can help you.

Fact sheet: Set up a community group – published in the UK by County Durham’s One Voice Network.

Help sheet: Starting up a not-for-profit group – includes links on needs assessments and legal structures.

How to set up a charity – published by Philanthropy Australia.

Easy guide to crowd funding – published by The Collective NSW, via www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au.

Building organisations web resource. Includes help on leadership, governance and financial viability, via www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au.

We will add more resources here as we find them.

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