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How to Register a Society
Registering for Charitable Status
Guide to Bookkeeping for Non-Profit Organizations
Board Development
Board Responsibility (approx 81KB)
Board Members Job Description (approx 88KB)
Board Committees
Board Composition (Analysis Tool)
Board Member Self-Assessment
Financial Fitness Toolkits
Vancity brought some of Canada’s brightest minds in not-for-profit financial leadership together to create the Financial Fitness Toolkit series. Each of the three handbooks in this series covers an important area of not-for-profit financial leadership. They are designed to assist Board members and management towards a healthy, financially strong, stable and therefore sustainable organization. Below are the links to each of the free handbooks in the series.
Financial Fitness 101
Accounting Athletics 101
Legal Limberness 101
Conducting Effective Meetings
Parliamentary Procedure (approx 124KB)
Other Tips (approx 135KB)
Community Planning
Community Needs Assessment (approx 123KB)
Community Development Handbook - A Tool to Build Community Capacity
The Community Development Facilitator's Guide
Strategic Planning Process (approx 92KB)
Community Information Database
Proposal Writing:
Proposal Model (approx 120KB)
Proposal Writing Tips HRSDC (approx 108KB)
Project Screening (approx 67KB)
Community Enterprise Resources
Establishing a Co-operative
Co-operative Information Guide
Starting a Business
Canada/Nova Scotia Business Service Center
Project Management Tools (for a fee)
www.projectkickstart.com
Community Information Database
The Rural Secretariat recently launched the Community Information Database. It is a web-based, interactive resource providing communities and governments with consistent, reliable and accessible information on economic and demographic factors at the community level. You can access the site at: http://www.cid-bdc.ca.
Statistics Canada
Since April 24, 2006 all electronic publications on Statistics Canada's website, http://www.statcan.gc.ca, are available free of charge. The Agency has been steadily increasing the volume of free content on its website to respond to the information needs of Canadians.
The Community Decision-Making Toolkit
As communities work towards charting a course for local economic and social benefit, in many cases, this requires decision-making by organizations and individuals to determine quick and acceptable solutions. The tools available through the Community Decision Making Toolkit help leaders involve community members in these processes to address complex problems and realize positive results and includes decision making tools, case studies and good ideas.
Click on the above links to view the Community Development documents. If you require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view any of the links above, click the link below:
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