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Case Study: Portuguese Association
This group of individuals from the Portuguese community had identified a gap in community facilities, events etc being delivered to their community. The group of individuals required help in setting up a brand new group in the Crawley area from scratch.
A meeting was held where we discussed the aims of the organisation, and what the group were hoping to achieve by setting up this new initiative.
The process of setting up a new group was explained in great detail. Including governing documents, committee roles, bank accounts etc.
Over the period of two months, together we were able to work through all that is needed to set up a new organisation. Over several meetings and conversations we were able to develop a draft constitution.
When I met with this group of individuals, they all felt quite daunted by the prospect of setting up a group. They felt that it would involve a lot of work, and was going to be too complex for them to understand. Through meeting, we were able to talk through what the process would involve and I could answer all of their questions and concerns.
The group held their inaugural meeting on february 14th. They now have around 70 people on record who have expressed interest in being involved.
Work is ongoing with this group, and now that they are a constituted, formal organisation with an elected committee we will soon be looking at potention sources of funding for their work.
The steering group chair emailed to thank me for my help in helping to make this project go ahead and for all the hard work involved.
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