Community Buildings – a Guide to Property Ownership and Leases has been produced by Durham Community Action to help navigate legal and property issues.
This guide is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund to provide practical help for people who carry responsibility for community buildings.
The initiative is a collaboration between Durham Community Action and Sintons Law which explains the different ways in which a charity can legally hold a property, and the rights and responsibilities associated with these. It identifies how and why a property might need to be registered with HM Land Registry, provides help to understand a lease and looks at some of the issues which specifically arise for charities who have property.
The learning in the guide is drawn from legal casework undertaken with community organisations in County Durham with key themes translated to build wider understanding for trustees and others running community buildings.
For a free copy of the guide please email info@durhamcommunityaction.org.uk
Following the launch of the new toolkit, we spoke to Tom Wills from Sintons Solicitors about legal advice for community buildings: Sintons Solicitors - Legal Advice for Community Buildings Podcast
