Julia Patrick
Setting up a community enterprise & share offer scheme
where are you on your community journey?
Are you interested in forming a climate change community group but need advice and information on getting started, running a group or community outreach?
advice
Simon Kenton’s blog on starting up and running a climate change community group will cover everything you need to know about starting up a group, getting your first event off the ground, how to get your community involved in what you’re doing, and the practicalities of actually running a group.
resources
Simon has put together a library of useful templates, guides and links for you to use to get started and run your group effectively.
services
The Community Action Group (CAG) Project gives advice on starting up a group and there are useful starter courses on Winning the Climate Change Argument in a 15-minute Tea Break or Climate Change Condensed.
You’ve formed an active group but where do you go next? Do you need ideas for tried and tested community projects?
advice
Barbara Hammond is giving advice on generating community energy in her monthly blog and, if you follow Saskya Huggins and Jo Hamilton’s blog, they can help you with ideas for supporting greener living for your group. And, Dan Betteron will advise on setting up a sustainable food project in Oxfordshire.
resources
Our team of advisors have compiled a bank of useful resources – case studies, a Low Carbon Living Toolkit, a carbon calculator, guides, and templates – for you to use to get your project off the ground.
services
The Low Carbon Living training will help you introduce the programme to your community and there are dedicated courses for those who are specifically interested in carbon footprinting and generating community energy.
Now you’ve decided on an active project for your community, how do you set up a community enterprise and raise the money?
advice
Julia Patrick’s monthly blog will take you through the steps of choosing and setting up an appropriate community enterprise, fundraising options, and how to launch and market a share offer scheme.
resources
Julia has compiled an essential resource library for those groups that are aiming high, including sample share offer and budgeting templates.
services
We offer a course on Generating Community Energy Step-by-Step and hope to offer a management service for setting up community enterprises and share offer schemes soon.
