Information to help your group run well
Information on setting up a group
Resource Centre Information sheets
Our Route Map will guide you through a series of questions to help you think about what structure would be most suitable for your group. This will then guide you to the information sheets which will be most useful to you.
Click on the name of the information sheet you are interested in to view it.
- Getting a group started (HTML)
- RouteMap (an online flowchart to help groups choose a legal structure. HTML format only)
- Constitutions (HTML)
- Responsibilities of the Management committee (HTML)
- Community and voluntary groups - finding a legal structure to suit your group (HTML)
- Not for Profit Organisations - a guide to legal structures (HTML)
- Charity Registration (HTML)
If you have trouble using the online versions, please contact us. We can send you a paper version, text only, large print, or whatever format suits you best.
PDF versions
If you intend to print out the sheets, you may prefer to use the PDF versions offered below. You will need the Adobe Acrobat reader to use these.
- Getting a Group Started (PDF:132k)
- Constitutions (PDF:284k)
- Responsibilities of the Management committee (PDF:597k)
- Community and voluntary groups - finding a legal structure to suit your group (PDF:141k)
- Not for Profit Organisations - a guide to legal structures (PDF:167k)
- Charity Registration (PDF:92k)
Further information on setting up a group
- If your group is run by local residents in an area of social housing, or is based in minority ethnic community or is run by disabled people, you could get additional support from the Resource Centre with setting up your group
- Other organisations in Brighton & Hove also offer support for new groups. See the Support for Groups website for full details.