When you’ve been inspired to be Incredible, you want to get out there and talk to people, make things happen, create kind, confident and connected communities. You probably didn’t get involved to fill in paperwork and think about processes.
And don’t worry, when you first start out as long as you think carefully about risk, safety and who you’re involving and where, then you don’t necessarily need to start with paperwork. But at some point, if you’re going to fully establish your Incredible Edible activities, then it’s important for you personally, and for the group, to put down on paper what your group’s purpose is and how you’re going to organise yourselves. This might be called a constitution or a memorandum of articles, and, depending on the wording you choose, it can have different legal implications.
We don’t provide advice directly on what your group should do as you are an independent group and make your own choices, however this section provides some advice about what you might want to think about and links to other organisations which are set up to provide advice on these issues.
If you’re not ready to formally constitute as a group, but you’d still like to be able to receive funds, or you just don’t want one person to carry the responsibility of holding your funds, we recommend working with a fiscal host. We have formed a partnership with Social Change Nest who offer great benefits for groups and mean you don’t have to form any kind of legal entity to just crack on with the good work of growing food together. Read more about them here, or watch this introduction video:
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