Webinar: Community Shares Finance Guide in partnership with Plunkett UK
Event
This webinar is aimed at and free for Plunkett UK members. Plunkett UK supports community businesses across the UK, with a focus on rural areas.
Community Shares expert, Isla McCulloch from Co-operatives UK, 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 community business 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
Isla will also be launching The Community Shares Finance Guide which is an accessible resource to cover all eventualities relating to managing community share capital.
Format of the session
- A 45 minute presentation from Co-operatives UK, supported by expert Community Business Advisor Alison Macklin
- Q&A facilitated by Plunkett UK
This webinar will be recorded and shared directly with participants afterwards. The recording will be made available to all Plunkett UK community business members via the online Member Hub.
