Resources to support community organisations
Financial management and business planning
Good financial planning and risk management could help your organisation keep going. The resources below will help you assess your finances, forecasting, analysis and planning.
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Cost of living
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Early warning guide
Our Early Warning Guide asks simple ‘traffic light’ questions about your governance, finance and business performance and suggests actions to take.
Published: 11 July 2022
Cost of living
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Preparing your community organisation for the future: A guide to diversification
If you’re looking for new sources of income or responding to new needs, this guidance can help you diversify, based on lessons learnt during Covid.
Published: 09 September 2022
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Community Assets
Are you worried about the future of your community space? Locality has an excellent track record of helping community organisations take on the challenge of owning and managing land and buildings. If you need any support contact members@locality.org.uk
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Cost of living checklist for employers
These resources can help you support your staff and tackle HR issues related to the cost-of-living crisis.
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Redundancy advice from ACAS
If you’re considering redundancy, we recommend you look at the ACAS website for details of the process you should follow, collective consultation, and employee rights, including notice periods and pay.
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CIPD
CIPD can support you with the financial well-being of your staff.
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Marketing and communications
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How to get and keep local people involved
This guide helps you get and keep local people involved in your work. It covers the why and how of local community engagement.
Published: 11 July 2022
Support for members
Help for individuals
Our support is aimed at organisations, but there are many organisations providing help to individuals through the cost of living crisis and campaigning for more support from government for individuals.
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free.
We are working with many other charities to push for an increase in Universal Credit to stop millions of people going hungry and falling into poverty. Sign and share the petition