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Community Centre Board of Directors Resources

Find resources and articles related to the governence and operations of Community Centres. 

Board Leadership

• Article: Duties, Responsibilities and Powers of Directors and Trustees of Charities

• Article: 5 Ways to Find the Right Board Members for Your Nonprofit   
  

• Article:  Joining a Board of Directors: What New Directors Should Expect  

• Article: Six Steps to being an Awesome Tresurer
• Article: The Best Board Member Orientation: How to set your New Directors Immediately Up for Success
• Article: How to Create Awesome Nonprofit Board Meetings
• Article: Building Better Boards: Strengthening Fiduciary and Risk Oversight

Charities Accounting Act

• Legislation: Charities Accounting Act
• Regulations: Approved Acts of Executors and Trustees under the Charities Accounting Act
• Attorney General: Payments to Directors and Connected Persons

Employing Staff

• ESA: Your Guide to the Employment Standards Act
• Webinar: Hiring help for Nonprofit Managers (Feb 27, 2020)

Finance

• Webinar: Nonprofit Budgeting for Beginners
• Article: Nine Tips for Avoiding and Responding to Fraud at you Nonprofit or Charity

Fundraising

• Article: Seven Ways to Prove Your Charity Can be Trusted
• Article: The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Board Fundraising for a Non-Fundraising Board with Emma Lewzey  
• Article: Fundraising Q&A: Helping Your Board Fundraise

Health and Safety

• OHSA: Your Guide to Understanding the Occupational Health & Safety Act
• Website: Health & Safety Ontario
• Training: Worker Health & Safety Awareness in 4 Steps
• Training: Supervisor Health & Safety Awareness in 5 Steps 
• Example Procedure: Handling Needles and Sharps

Incorporation

• Legislation: The Corporation Act
• Guide: The Incorporator's Handbook  
  

Insurance (Community Centre)

• Article: Top Five Reasons Nonprofit Organizations Need Insurance 

Insurance (User Groups)

• Website: PAL Insurance Broker Canada Ltd.  

Licences

• Music: Entandem
• Movies: Audio Cine Films, Criterion Pictures Canada
• Alcohol: Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
• Lottery: Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario   

Marketing

• Article: Nine Ways to get the Local Media Interested in Your Nonprofit Story
• Article: How to Write a Job Description That Your Volunteers Will Love 
• Webinar: How to Create a Strategic Social Media Content Plan 

Safe and Inclusive Gathering Place

• Code of Conduct: Provo Recreation Centre
• Renter Rules & Checklist: Perry Township
• Conduct and Use: City of Baldwin Park
• Facility Rules: Erie Colorado
• Wedinar: Empathy: The Secret Sauce in effective Diversity, Equity and Inclusion    

Volunteer Management

• Article: The Basics of Volunteer Management
• Online Course: Volunteer Thunder Bay: Volunteer Management
• Volunteer Thunder Bay: Upcoming Workshops
• Article: Essential Volunteer Management Strategies for your Nonprofit
• Article: Seven Elemenets to a Successful Volunteer Training Program
• Article: What your Volunteer Needs to be Happy
• Article: How to Create a Volunteer Handbook for your Nonprofit 
• Article: Five Ways to Avoid Legal Problems with Volunteers
• Article: Fresh and Creative Ways to Thank Your Volunteer