Getting outside help with starting a group

All groups are welcome to drop in at the Resource Centre to ask a question, check our noticeboards and reference library or have a brief chat with our knowledgeable front desk staff.

We offer additional support to:

• Tenants’ or Residents’ Associations for Brighton & Hove City Council tenants and leaseholders, and/or
• Groups run by and for people living in an area of social housing, and/or
• Groups run by and for black and minority ethnic people, and/or
• Groups run by and for disabled people.

If you think you may be eligible, contact us to find out whether we can help.

See below for more details on support we can offer to help you with starting a group.

Click the Links tab above for details of other organisations who offer training, consultancy and information to help you run your group. Community Works have a useful list of local support organisations on their website.

• Is your AGM coming up?

  Is your Annual General Meeting coming up soon? The Resource Centre can help you prepare.

• Support for Chairs

  Being a newly-elected chair can feel quite daunting, but if you can listen to others, be kind and fair, and be well-organised, you can be a good chair. The chair doesn’t need to have all the answers and shouldn’t be expected to do all the work. The Resource Centre can help you develop skills and techniques to chair meetings, support the committee and deal with difficult situations.

• Support for Secretaries

  If you are the Secretary for your group, the Resource Centre can help you to understand your role and to develop skills and techniques to support your group effectively.

• Support for Tenants' and Residents' Associations

  The Resource Centre is here to help your Tenants’ and Residents’ Association to organise effectively and get things done.

• Support for treasurers

  You don’t need to be a financial wizard to keep a group’s accounts, and it can be a straightforward and satisfying job. Anyone can learn it – but you do need to know what is expected of you and feel confident you are doing it right.

• Support with publicity and printing

  At the Resource Centre we can help groups to produce publicity and stationery, and provide administrative support.

• Support for Resource Centre Member Groups

  The Resource Centre offers extra free support to our member groups. We can help member groups to create publicity, raise funds, keep good accounts and run a group effectively.