Community and Voluntary Services Cheshire East has a team of staff and volunteers providing information, advice, support, resources and training to groups, across the Borough of Cheshire East, to help them start-up, develop and manage them selves effectively.

The team can provide development support for a wide range of organisations and has a special interest in supporting new and emerging groups, small groups and those working in rural areas.

How can we help?

If you are thinking of setting up a group, or have begun your activities, we can help you with:

• getting yourself organised
• clarifying your aims and objectives
• developing the structure of your organisation
• setting up a committee and running meetings
• looking at the various roles and responsibilities within your organisation
• writing a constitution
• getting charitable status if needed
• developing good practice: policies and procedures to guide your activities and protect your members (including appropriate insurance)
• develop your members skills: provide access to training
• contacts in other organisations

This list is not exhaustive. If you would like to know more and/or have any further issues your would like to discuss, please contact us on 01270 763100.

Please also see our section on volunteering which explains the range of additional and specific support that our Volunteer Centre team offers to organisations that work with volunteers. Click here for information on useful resources and websites relating to all of the above issues and more!