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Below you will find several downloadable information sheets on a vast range of subjects including running events, setting up social enterprises, contracting, managing budgets and safeguarding issues.

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NEW Community media

Community media enables arts groups to reach out to local people through radio, television and new technology...

NEW Creating a Facebook presence

Facebook is also used extensively by groups and organisations of all sizes to promote their work, events and performances...

NEW Creating a YouTube presence

YouTube is increasingly being used to promote local arts groups, providing an exciting addition to their output of print and publications...

NEW Crisis management and disaster recovery

With positive approaches you could emerge from a crisis even stronger, taking opportunities to develop more robust methods of working.

NEW Health and safety for lone and remote workers

There are a number potential risks associated with working alone in an office or other fixed establishment...

Cashflow forecasts

Knowing and managing the flow and movement of cash is something that every organisation should be doing, regardless of size...

Community benefit

This briefing gives you an overview of the various ways you can measure the quality and impact of your activities, explains who might be interested in hearing about them, and provides...

Community Interest Companies

Community Interest Company (CIC) status has been developed for people in the UK who wish to develop social enterprises. This briefing explains the nature of this type of company...

Copyright

Copyright is an issue that worries everyone from time to time. This briefing will explain your rights and responsibilities and it will also provide contact details of relevant organisations...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Most businesses are aware of the need to behave responsibly and ethically towards their local communities. This briefing looks at the benefits of the CSR agenda for voluntary arts groups...

Engaging with freelancers - a guide to recruitment and contracting

Whatever your art or craft form, this briefing is designed to help you think through the process of hiring a freelance artist or facilitator...

Events checklist - disability and access

This briefing looks at providing opportunities for people with all types of abilities to ensure as wide a range of people as possible are involved in your activities. It also includes a simple checklist...

Just how safe are you?

This briefing describes how to go about managing health and safety in accordance with the rules and regulations, and how to go about putting a health and safety policy together...

Low-cost IT tools

This briefing looks at some free (and low-cost) alternatives to spending money on professional software plus some other tools that you might find useful...

Monitoring and evaluation: a general guide

This briefing looks at effective ways to monitor your work, evaluate what you do, and share results with your organisation's partners, funders and staff...

Planning a marketing campaign

If you want people to take part in your activities, marketing is an essential part of what you do. This briefing sheet explains how to plan a campaign...

Risk assessment and safety audit for CRB Enhanced Disclosure checks

Guidance to help employers consider whether or not a Disclosure is required or permitted by law for the intended work...

Risk management for charities

This briefing will look at what is meant by 'risk' to charities, what a charity needs to do and how it can develop a risk management system...

Risk Management Guidelines - A Guide to Supervision of Social Activities in the Sports Industry

The sports, recreation and activities sector has clear awareness of the need to provide personal challenge through sporting activities whilst at the same time tempering against the need...

Social enterprise

The ethos behind 'social enterprise' - people working for the good of their community - has been happening for years. This briefing gives a basic introduction to the concept of social enterprise...

Welcoming speakers of different languages

Creativity allows people to communicate across cultures - music, shape, pattern and movement exist regardless of language, and offer and fantastic opportunity for people from different cultures...


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