Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements: Managing housing co-ops' money

Catalogue of training and information tools on community participation in human settlements

		Introduction
		World neighbors in action
		Human settlement managers training programme - handbook for the organization and design of courses
		Bridging the gap: A participatory approach to health and nutrition education
		Self-evaluation: Ideas for participatory evaluation of rural community development projects
		Local authority supervisor training program, Kenya
		Urban housing and community development course
		Teaching rural community development
		Organization and management of field education
		Project management program Harare, Zimbabwe
		Primer taller de capacitacion para mujeres dirigentes de organizaciones femininas en el districto de San Martin de porres
		Getting the community into the act: 72 participatory activities for field workers and trainers
		Board of director's course: Instructor's manual and handouts
		Tecnicas educativas
		Women and graphics: A beginner's kit
		The tribune: A women and development quarterly
		How to perform in front of an audience
		Audiovisual communication handbook
		Dialogar para construir, diseno participativo en barrios populares de Bogota
		Women and technology: If it's not appropriate for women, it's not appropriate.
		1. Como leer un plano - 2. Mejoramiento poblacional
		1. Sistema constructivo 'bend' - 2. Prefabricacion, sistema 'bend'
		1. El replanted - 2. Como construir una vivienda con calicanto - 3. Como construir una vivienda con bloques de concreto - 4. Como construir una vivienda con cinva-ram - 5. Como construir una vivienda con horcones y concreto
		Small-scale production of lime for buildings
		Making building blocks with the cinva-ram block press.
		Building with stabilised soil blocks
		Small-scale production of local building materials
		Manual para la construccion de vivienda con adobe
		Casas de tierra, Minka no. 9, october 1982
		Construction reference manual, a sourcebook for the use of local materials in construction.
		Sistematizacion de una practica tecnica en vivienda social
		Manual de autoconstruccion
		Manual de construcao moradias nas aldeias comunais.
		When you build a house: a manual of construction details for Caribbean houses with emphasis on protection from strong winds
		Cooler in summer/warmer in winter: How to improve your shha house
		Techniques for low-cost/self-help housing
		Affordable sanitation
		Making your house safe against strong winds
		A campaign plan for tinsa valley
		Cooperative housingaffordability and related technical solutions
		Co-operatives: the affordable housing alternative
		Managing housing co-ops' money
		Estructura interna de una cooperativa de vivienda: Pobladores y educacion no. 1
		Co-operative housing, a handbook for effective operations
		Co-op housing - The best move we ever made
		Ideas on proposal writing and financial/technical assistance
		Information and training materials for low-cost water supply and sanitation
		Self-help housing improvements for lowest-income communities: Motivators' and trainers' guide
		Manual para proyectos de ayuda mutua

Managing housing co-ops' money

WRITTEN BY: STEVE ROSS

PRODUCED BY: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS, LONDON, 1984

AVAILABLE FROM: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS, 175 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON WC1X 8UP, U.K.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

COST: £3.75

NUMBER OF PAGES: 91

This manual is about looking after money in a housing cooperative, the rules that should be followed and the kind of records that should be kept to look after the co-operative's money properly. The manual is designed for members of housing co-operatives who have no previous experience in looking after money or members who have got some experience but need to brush up on their knowledge of basic bookkeeping. The manual is a teach-yourself guidebook which will provide the reader with a series of exercises to work through, after which he/she should have grasped the essentials of basic book-keeping. Equally, it could be used as a resource tool by a trainer for group work in a co-operative finance workshop.

An introduction on how to use the manual is followed by two sections. Section one - THE BASICS - provides an introduction to handling money for those who have no experience. Section two - MORE ADVANCED - deals with cash book, petty cash, bank statements, bank reconciliations and general advice on how to manage money.

The manual is clearly written and well illustrated with large instructive drawings, for example, how to write a cheque, and with some light-hearted cartoons. This manual very skilfully makes what is normally a rather heavy topic - keeping the books and co-operative finances - approachable for co-operative members. Moreover, the format of the manual makes it a very accessible reference document, since the key points are summarized in boxes; thus, the reader can quickly consult and locate the answers to specific enquiries without having to read through the whole manual.

Developed for use in the United Kingdom co-operative context, this manual, with minimal adaptation, could be a valuable model to other trainers preparing didactic material on managing money in co-operatives or community groups.

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