Finance Guide

All voluntary and community organisations have financial responsibilities. We all make decisions about where to source our funding from, where to invest this funding and how best to report on its use. The way that we carry out these responsibilities can say a lot about the values of our organisation and how we live these on a day-to-day basis. So, if we are trying to make our organisations more sustainable then we also need to reflect this in the way that we manage our finances. This short guide offers a host of practical advice to help you weave sustainable actions through your existing financial processes.

The Second Community Champions Handbook

This handbook is designed to support trained community champions in their practice in local communities.

It includes guidance on communicating environmental issues, finding funding to take actions forward, getting more involved with local communities, and much more.

Governance Guide

All voluntary and community organisations need good governance to thrive and the way that we carry out our governance responsibilities can say a lot about the values of our organisation and how we live these on a day-to-day basis. This short guide offers a host of practical advice to help you weave sustainable development through your existing governance processes and the activities of your board. It includes exercises, tips, checklists and, perhaps most valuable of all, direct experience from those who have done it themselves.

Changing for Good

This guide shows you how to put sustainable development into practice inside your organisation by planning. It provides guidance on research, who to involve, assessing what you are already doing, and drawing up an action plan. It also shows how to use your experience to attract funders and partners - and how to lead the change for good in your community.

People Management Guide

Heroes Booklet

With this publication, we acknowledge and celebrate some of the individuals who make change happen in their communities. Interviews which will inspire others to be the change, to lead the change and to make every action count in their community.

Events Guide

This guide provides guidance on how to run sustainable events in your organisation. It offers a host of practical advice including hints, tips, checklists and direct experience from those who have done it themselves. It also provides a step by step approach to planning, reviewing and learning.

Changing the Way We Work

This guide shows why and how your organisation should change how you work in ways that will benefit your environment and save you money.

The guide is specifically for organisations working in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) and you’ll find a range of examples showing how VCS groups are already making a difference.

Your Community Building Counts

All community buildings are at the heart of their local communities, reaching out, inspiring people, providing useful space and acting as catalysts for change.

This guide looks at helping you make your community building even more of an asset by minimising its impact on the environment and maximising its role as a place to inspire, inform and strengthen your community.

What Happens When Every Action Counts

Inspirational examples of good practice from the Third Sector.

Case studies in this publication illustrate each of the five themes - Save Energy, Travel Wisely, Shop Ethically, Save Our Resources and Care for Your Area - and demonstrate that imagination, commitment and energy can make a difference.

Community Champions Handbook

For champions who have done the course you can download the handbook here.

This guide is to help you to put into context some of the actions in the game and understand some of the wider issues of this very large subject area.