Essential Resources
Find a selection of our essential resources for community businesses listed below. Hundreds more resources on dozens of topics are available to Plunkett Community Business Members in the Resources & Recordings Library of our Member Hub.
These include best practice guides, webinar recordings and template documents, and are ideal if you’re looking for advice, inspiration, or simply to avoid re-inventing the wheel.
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Getting started
- A guide to the essential steps for setting up a rural community business
- Community Engagement
- A brief guide to legal structures
- Canllaw byr i strwythurau cyfreithiol
- Community consultation questionnaire
- Committee Roles (Treasurer, Secretary & Chair) webinar recording
- An introduction to preparing a business plan for a rural community business
- Canllaw Camau Hanfodol i Baratoi Cynllun Busnes ar gyfer Busnes Cymunedol Gwledi
- Creating good governance
- Dulliau Llywodraethu Da
- Legal Structure Table
- Choosing the best legal structure for your community business
- Choosing the best legal structure for your community business webinar recording
- Your community-owned business from idea to reality webinar recording
- How to be great at community engagement webinar recording
- How to be great at community engagement
- Community engagement Plan Template
Community pubs
Community shops
- Funding a community business with community shares
- Canllaw Camau Hanfodol i Baratoi Cynllun Busnes ar gyfer Busnes Cymunedol Gwledi
- Public works loan webinar recording
- Crowdfunding: How to tell your story for a successful campaign – webinar recording
- Crowdfunding: How to tell your story for a successful campaign
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webinar recording
