Community Focus

Support for Groups

Project Development

The role of Project Development at the Rural Community Council is wide ranging. Our role is to help with all aspects of developing new and existing projects or groups,including:
Committee Work:
  • Setting up a committee
  • The roles of committee members
  • Writing a constitution
  • Understanding a constitution
Funding:
  • Developing a funding strategy
  • Focusing on the project
  • Accessing funders
  • Writing application forms and letters
Status:
  • Setting up a new group
  • Becoming a charity
  • Becoming a company
  • Setting up a Trust
What else is there?
  • Information workshops and training:
  • Good Governance
  • Legislation
  • Running and managing a project
  • Managing conflict

 

Voluntary Support Team first contact form

This form is for the voluntary and community groups to complete if they would like to request help from the VST. Please complete it with as much information as possible in the ‘help needed' bit as this would make it much easier to allocate the most appropriate volunteer to the task. Contact will be made to confirm that the request from has been received. Download form here