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A detailed guide covering all you need to know about legal forms and organisational types for community enterprises.

From Conflict to Co-operation is a series of five cartoon booklets from Co-operatives UK which aims to help enterprises not only deal with conflict when it arises but also avoid unnecessary conflict.

This booklet, the fifth in the From conflict to co-operation series, describes ways in which misunderstandings or unchecked assumptions about the role and responsibilities of the Committee can result in organisational conflict. We then suggest how to prevent or minimise such conflicts through clarifying the role of the committee, identifying key responsibilities and understanding how the Committee functions. 

This booklet, the fourth in the From conflict to co-operation series, explores the tensions that can arise as an organisation grows, and identify the tools, techniques and approaches which will help you to move from an informal group to a mature organisation, where everyone is committed to the organisational goals and understands how the organisation functions and their role within it.

For a democratically-run community enterprise, effective decision making is a crucial ingredient for success.

Good communication skills are important in all areas of life, but in a Community Enterprise it is vital that everyone knows how to communicate effectively, since the success of the enterprise relies on the shared skills, experience and knowledge of all the members.

This booklet reviews different conflict resolution approaches - and find that this assertive, co-operative approach is the most satisfactory way to deal with major conflicts, since it involves people working together to find a solution everyone will commit to.

A guide to starting a co-operative in the creative industries. Aimed at established freelancers in the creative industries, at newly self-employed people looking for innovative ways to work, and at recent graduates from creative courses who are looking to build their portfolios, exploit their own ideas or explore ways to work creatively, without sacrificing their integrity.

This report is an overview of the typical governance problems of community food enterprises together with strategies to avoid them and deal with them as they arise.