Organising meetings

Meetings need not be boring! This section can help you to organise meetings that involve your members, generate new ideas and give everyone a chance to contribute to the running of your group.

If you are organising a public meeting or conference, you may also find the information in our Planning and organising events section useful.

Click on the Equipment tab at the top of this page to see our range of low-cost equipment for hire, to help make your meetings accessible and interesting. The Links tab has details of other organisations with useful information, such as venues for hire in Brighton and Hove.

The Resource Centre’s community print room has equipment you can use to print the agenda, minutes and publicity materials for your meeting. If you need to print a number of documents for your meeting, you may find our section on printing information packs useful.

Our section on Publicity and Communication has more information on making sure people know about your meetings and events.

These books are available at the Resource Centre, to borrow or to use in the Centre.

Equipment available from the Resource Centre

Equipment available from other suppliers

The services listed below are not provided by the Resource Centre. These are websites and services we feel are particularly useful for small groups in Brighton & Hove, and which are not easy to find by searching the internet.

Most useful services for local groups
Community Base
01273 234000
www.communitybase.org
[email protected]

Services provided:
Finding volunteers, Information on funding sources, Information on rooms for hire, Mailing address, Office space

Notes:
Community Base provides office space for local voluntary sector groups. To join the waiting list for office space, email [email protected]
They also provide the following services for all local groups:

  • Volunteer Search, where local groups can advertise for volunteers and individuals can look for volunteering opportunities.
  • Community Job Search, where local groups can advertise jobs
  • A postal address service for £25 per year
  • Free access to Funds Online, the Directory of Social Change’s comprehensive guide to grant funding trusts in the United Kingdom. To access this, email [email protected]

    • Other services you might find useful

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