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Community Shares Practitioners
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We train, license and unite a passionate network of Community Shares Practitioners across the UK.
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Find a Community Shares Practitioner
Use our Practitioners Directory to find an accredited community shares practitioner with the relevant skills and experience.
Becoming a Community Shares Practitioner
Community Shares Practitioners are assessed and accredited at two levels.
- Registered practitioners are deemed competent to provide community shares advice, guidance and mentoring to new and established community enterprises.
- Licensed practitioners are additionally accredited to conduct Community Shares Standard Mark assessments on behalf of the CSU.
Training workshops
There is also the option to engage with the training programme to improve your knowledge of community shares before committing to any future assessments and accreditations.
We will release details of a new programme in early 2021.
- The 2021 programme and assessments will be delivered online with remote participation and online assessments.
- Get in in touch to register your interest in future training.
[The workshops were] really good, many different viewpoints were represented and made for interesting discussions. Lots of knowledge in the room and having feed in from live projects and experienced practitioners was great!
– Trainee practitioner, 2020 cohort
Join our network!
Budding community shares practitioners are welcome to join our incredibly active and supportive Community Shares Practitioners Forum with regular online meet-ups, knowledge sharing and mutual support.
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