Right to Challenge - advice and guidance
Right to Challenge is one route that community and voluntary groups and council staff can use to bid to run a council service. Whatever route you choose to use, there is a range of advice and guidance available for any group wishing to establish themselves as a social enterprise and prepare to run a service. The following links are provided for information, we cannot accept any responsibility for the content of these websites.
Government advice and grants
My Community Rights is an advice and support service provided by government for people interested in using the Community Rights. Grants are also available. The advice, guidance and grants to support organisations wishing to use Right to Challenge may also be available to any community or voluntary group interested in taking over a council service, even if you do not intend to use Right to Challenge.
View these helpful webpages from GOV.UK:
- Statutory guidance on Right to Challenge
- You’ve got the power: a quick and simple guide to community rights
- Mutuals Information Service
- Setting up a social enterprise
- Regulator of Community Interest Companies.
Bodies and networks for voluntary and community organisations
- Charity Commission
- Social Enterprise UK
- Co-operatives UK
- Mutuo
- Mutual Ventures
- Employee Ownership Association
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations
- National Association for Voluntary and Community Action including Membership Directory to find your local support organisation.
Financing
- Kent Social Enterprise Loan Fund administered by Kent Community Foundation (advice also available)
- Community grants and funding
- Social Investment Business
- Lottery funding
- Community Foundations (donations).