Good Practice Worksheets
These Factsheets are a distillation of the experience and best practise of many different projects. They were first compiled for our book "Tools for Regeneration" (see the publications page).
As this is an evolving body of knowledge, we encourage you to add comments to each section, to share your own experience and thoughts.
Demonstrating social value - Community Matters online assessment tool
Community Matters has launched an online assessment tool to help groups demonstrate their social, economic and environmental impact. YourValue!site went live 8 November 2011. It can be found at www.communitymatters.org.uk/yourvalue.
Equalities update - November 2011
Implications of the Equalities Act for faith based organisations
1 - What do we want to do and why?
Being clear about your project's aims and objectives.
2 - Guidelines for a Community Audit
Deciding what you need to know, getting the information and analysing it.
3 - A successful participative meeting
Tips for running a meeting of between about twelve and fifty people.
4 - Constituting your organisation
The main features of a constitution, and description of who does what.
5 - What staff & volunteers do we need?
As well as full-time members of staff, there are four other main types of staff.
6 - Shortlisting & interviewing for new staff
Tips for recruiting, interviewing and selecting new staff.
7 - What is faith-related community development?
A way of working that helps to empower individuals and their communities.
8 - The golden rules of community development
Basic guidelines for ensuring your work is inclusive and empowering.
9 - What exactly IS capacity building?
Capacity building is an often-used term, but it's not always clear what it means.
10 - Evaluating and assessing performance
A look at the four most common types of evaluation, and some key definitions.
11 - The basics of fundraising
Dos and Don'ts for fundraising and how to put a proposal together.
12 - Faith and Social Enterprise
The key characteristics of social enterprise and what it can do for faith-based organisations.
13 - Working together in partnership
Working together with others in mutual respect and understanding, for the common good.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it.
John Ruskin (C 19)
