Webinar: Community Shares Finance Guide

Community Shares expert Isla McCulloch will introduce the key financial areas to consider once you have run a community share offer and provide an opportunity for questions and discussion. 

This session is open to all society committee members, trustees and staff but is particularly relevant for Treasurers and Secretaries. 

The key content will include: 

• The legal requirements in accounting for community shares for community benefit societies and charitable community benefit societies 
• How to manage your members’ interests in relation to community shares, managing withdrawals, interest payments etc
• Subsequent share offers, moving to an open offer or future project delivery 
• How to draft up key policies and processes such as a withdrawals policy or interest rate policy 

This webinar will showcase the Community Shares Finance Guide which is a newly published accessible resource to cover all eventualities relating to managing community share capital. 

Format of the session

• A 45 minute presentation from Isla McCulloch, with support from the Co-operatives UK team. 
• Q&A throughout and facilitated discussion at the end

The webinar will be hosted on Zoom and a recording will be shared directly with participants afterwards.