Governance and Legal Structures

Good Governance is essential to the long-term viability of community enterprises and the correct choice of legal structure is a vital foundation. The Co-operatives^UK Good Food, Good Governance Team, as a partner in the Making Local Food Work programme are working to ensure that groups adopt sound legal and organisational structures.

We are doing this through:

• regional training workshops  and bespoke training events
• good governance publications including Simply Legal
• a telephone helpline and 1:1 advice for governance and legal structures support
• web resources and signposting

Co-operatives^UK are working to ensure that groups adopt sound legal and organisational structures. Using training programmes, a website, a helpline and other resources, we will foster a strong understanding of governance and legal structures among community enterprises.

Although primarily existing to promote and support co-operatives, Co operatives^UK also provide legal services to aid the formation and ongoing sustainability of voluntary organisations, social enterprises and charities.

More information on the legal services offered by Co-operatives^UK can be found by clicking here.

More information on the Making Local Food Work Enterprise Support and Skill Share can be found by clicking here.

You can contact the Good Food, Good Governance team on:

mlfw@cooperatives-uk.coop

or by ringing the Good governance helpline on 0161 246 2907

 

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