Cooperatives NorthWest

1 February, 10am-4pm, Liverpool Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BT

The training workshop is suitable for the following: those advising, working with or participating in any community enterprise or co-operative organisational structure. It is particularly aimed at anyone serving on the governing body of a community food enterprise.

The morning session uses group work to explore:

What is governance and why is it important?
The typical governance problems of a community enterprise.
Solutions and strategies to avoid the typical governance problems.
The afternoon session is a practical hands-on workshop in which the participants assess the governance health of a community food enterprise (either their own or someone else's). This is carried out in two ways:

a paper-based Governance audit, which is fed back to the group; and input into
a web-based Governance Audit tool - newly created for this course and available to participants and their organisations after the course.
Participants will also receive a copy of Simply Governance, Co-operative UK's comprehensive guide to the systems and processes concerned with the effective running of a community or
co-operative enterprise.

For both courses, there is much that is applicable to any community or co-operative enterprise

Suitable for those advising, working with or participating in any community enterprise or co-operative. It is particularly aimed at anyone serving on the governing body of a community food enterprise. Book here