How to start a small group or charity
You could view our support pages
If you’re thinking about starting a small charitable group you’re in the right place. Voluntary Action Leeds helps other third sector organisations get up and running and supports them to continue with their mission.
We have a page specifically about starting a new group which covers the basics. This can be found in the ‘Support for Organisations’ section of the website.
You could have some training
There’s always events taking place in and around Leeds that are put on by voluntary groups who would welcome your attendance or involvement.
Events can be a great place to meet people and get to know more about the thriving third sector in Leeds. At the moment, because of coronavirus, many face to face events have been cancelled or postponed, but many have been rearranged to take place online – so why not join one of these?
You can find events listings in the ‘What’s happening’ part of the website.
You could view more support pages
As well as information on Starting a new group – we have pages dedicated to running a group, managing your groups finances and funding for groups.
These are all in the same section ‘Support for Organisations’.
There are useful links out to other sources of information and documents you can download.
You could join a practitioner platform
To help people network with other people facing similar challenges, and in similar small groups, VAL has set up a few ‘Practitioner Platfroms’.
One of these is the network…