Essential Resources
The resources below provide information and guidance for communities looking to set up a community-owned business. There are many more in-depth resources and templates available for Plunkett Community Business Members via our Member Hub.
Getting started
- Asset of community value
- 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 and responsibilities factsheet
- An introduction to preparing a business plan for a rural community business
- Creating good governance
- Legal Structure Table
- Choosing the best legal structure for your community business
- Choosing the best legal structure for your community business webinar recording
Community pubs
- How to set up a community pub
- Sut i sefydlu tafarn gymunedol
- What is a community owned pub – An introduction for prospective tenants
- Community pub questionnaire
Community shops
Diversifying services
Local supply
Environment
EDI & young people
- Your community pub addressing food poverty
- Supporting young people with additional needs in your community business
- Engaging Young People in Your Community Business
- Employing young people in a community business: What you need to know
- Safeguarding young people resource pack
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webinar recording
- Useful resources for setting up a community business in an active place of worship
- Community businesses in places of worship – a guide for churches and chapels
- Glossary of useful terms: for those in the wider community exploring setting up a community business in place of worship
- Churches as Community Business Venues – Hubs Working Together
