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Community Assets Matter

Promoting Effective Asset Management

Community Matters has developed a new handbook and training programme "Community Assets Matter" to address the growing need for guidance, support and advice in the Management of Community Buildings and other Assets

The programme is being delivered through a series of training events in each English region, aimed at local infrastructure organisations, development workers, funding advisors and Community Anchors. This is a two year national programme in 2009-2011, accompanied by a handbook that addresses the diversity of legal and technical aspects of managing community buildings and other community assets.

The courses are for two days and there is a nominal charge of £25 per participant. Participants in the training programme will each receive a copy of the handbook.

Where’s the training being held during 2010-11?


To book a place and for details of venues please click on the dates below or go to our Events page or your regional page.

2010

2011

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Course aims

By the end of the course participants will:

  • be better able to advise and support front-line organisations across the full range of income generation opportunities.
  • be more knowledgeable about the diversity of legal and technical aspects of managing community buildings and other community assets
  • receive the new Community Assets Matter resource handbook that addresses and where to go for more specialised advice and help

Issues covered are:

Is it legal?

  • Making it legal
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Occupying premises
  • To trade or not to trade

Taking possession

  • Licences and permissions
  • Health & Safety
  • Disability & access
  • Insurance
  • Hiring the facility
  • Maintaining the facility
  • Developing the asset

Planning for the future

  • Budgeting for asset management
  • Meeting local need
  • Service delivery
  • Enterprise
  • Business planning
  • Quality systems
  • Greening your asset

For further details of these or other events now in preparation across England, please contact us

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Community Assets Matter is supported by Capacitybuilders’ Improving Support: a new national initiative which seeks to develop sector support providers and community anchors so that they can be better equipped to advise and support front-line organisations across the full range of income generation opportunities.

Training events will be held in all English regions.

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