This project is being delivered by the Development Trusts Association (DTA) in partnership with Co-operatives UK and follows on from the publication comissioned by the DTA: "Community Share and Bond Issues: The Sharpest Tool In The Box", author Chris Hill, Camberwell Project (2007) > Download Here.

and Co-operatives UK's publication "Community Investment: Using Industrial and Provident Society Legislation", by Jim Brown, Baker Brown Associates (2008) > Download Here.

NEW! Community Shares: Practitioner’s Guide to Governance and Offer Documents
This publication provides the latest guidance on two topics: the legal and governance formats for organisations offering community shares; and community shares offer documents, inviting the public to invest in community shares. Download here

NEW! Investing in Community Shares This publication is the latest guidance aimed at those who may be considering investing in community shares Download here

Community Investment in Community Supported Agriculture (27 Oct 2009) The report has been produced by Jim Brown for the Community Supported Agriculture Strand of Making Local Food Work. Download Here

Simply Legal
All you need to know about legal forms and organisational types for community enterprises. Produced by Co-operativesUK Download Here

The Community Shares programme: One year on
This report provides a summary of the findings from the first year of the Community Shares Programme, a two-year action-research project funded by the Office of the Third Sector and the Department for Communities and Local Government working in partnership with the Development Trusts Association and Co-operativesUK  Download here

Who is buying community shares? Key Findings July 2010 Download here

Co-operative call to action - Why co-operatives are good for Britain - and what government can do to help  Download Here