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Responsibilities of a Management Committee
Every community organisation has a governing body, a group of people which manages its affairs. This is most commonly referred to as the management committee. However your own group may use a different name, such as executive committee or steering group. A very small and informal group may not have a separate committee and, in this case, its entire membership is the governing body. Here we use the term management committee to describe the governing body of any community group. Broadly, the committee's job is to ensure that the group H H H does what it was set up to do has enough money and does not get into debt is well run

The aim of this information sheet is to look in more detail at what this entails. Not all of this sheet will apply to every group. We have tried to show which sections are most relevant to your group. Even so, you may find the list of responsibilities daunting. But don't be put off! There are over 1,500 successful groups in Brighton & Hove, most run by people in their spare time. Committee members are not expected to be experts, and there are lots of places where you can get help if you need it.

In this article we look at legal structures which are suitable for community organisations in Brighton & Hove, ranging from small neighbourhood groups run by local people to larger voluntary agencies with staff. The three usual types of structure which your organisation may want to consider are: H H H Unincorporated association Charitable trust Charitable Incorporated Organisation (from late 2008/early 2009) Company charity

For more information about Co-operatives and Limited Companies see : `Not for Profit Organisations - a brief guide to legal structures for community & voluntary organisations and social enterprises'