Birmingham Community Matters (BCM) helps people to start and run small voluntary or community organisations. We do this through our 'peer to peer network', by bringing people together to share their knowledge and experience.

Our motto is: 'Everyone has something to learn and everyone has something to teach'.

This session is aimed at groups that are informally run and thinking about setting up a formal structure. We will look at key things to consider for your group including:

* choosing a structure

* what a management committee does

* running meetings

* opening a community bank account.

It will be an informal and interactive session, so come with your questions and we will be there to help each other!

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Please note that Birmingham Community Matters is a small charity. Our funding and resources enable us to support emerging community and voluntary groups and small charities across only Birmingham, UK and its surrounding areas.

While we would love to help people far and wide, we will – regretfully – have to turn down bookings from CIC's and groups based further away. Also, we do not have the capacity to support larger organisations (even in Birmingham) seeking training for their workers or volunteers. If you’re unsure about your suitability to attend this session, email us at info@birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk and we can advise. Thank you for helping us to prioritise the groups that need us most.

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We will be using Zoom to run this session, and videos will be on. Zoom is simple to use from your browser or your smartphone, we will send you a link and password to access the session closer to the date of the session.

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If you register and later find you can't attend, no problem! But please email us at info@birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk so we can allocate your place to someone else.