Clubs, Societies and Membership Associations
Providing industry specific guidance, tools and support to a wide-ranging sector that faces its own set of specific and unique issues.
If you run a club, society or association you will know the surprising amount of risk and legal issues you can come up against.
We have helped many different groups, from social / charitable clubs, educational / care groups to exercise /sports clubs, residential property associations and more.
Each has their own specific and common risk and legal obligations that need thought and care to manage. Not dealing with complaints from your members or staff correctly, or handling contractual disputes or health and safety /maintenance issues in the right way can lead to personal liability for you and your committee and club.
That is where we can help with across-the-board legal and risk knowledge and specialist subject matter expertise. We have unique tools and services that cover the basic needs of clubs and associations, and the specialist expertise to aid you with industry-specific issues.
How we can help
We are well versed in helping clubs and associations like yours manage legislation and risk. This includes:
- Establishing best practices to protect your members, customers and employees
- Standardising legally required processes and policies including reviews of the association’s current documents
- Support with health and safety issues
- Drafting terms and conditions, volunteer or employment contracts, committee members
- Help with dealing with committee or membership disputes
- Advice and support on settling membership disputes
- Introducing best practice procedures to reduce employee issues
- Support handling claims such as unfair dismissals, harassment and discrimination
- Regulatory investigations, commercial disputes and defence of prosecutions
- Defending against disqualification for allegations of a wrongful act, official investigations (including HMRC) and crisis management
- Reputation management and support including defamation claims
- Help with information sharing and assistance with third party fraud and forgery – for example, email scams, cyber security and data protection including UK GDPR
- Aid with updating committee and membership communications
- Support in handling disputes around leases/sales
- Guidance in respect of regulatory and safeguarding requirements
- Representation at Coroner’s Court inquests
- Assistance with RIDDOR reporting
- Guidance on self-reporting to your regulator
Some of the services described on the website may not be available in all jurisdictions.
The tools you need to succeed
Discover our range of tools and services designed to help you navigate risk, achieve your goals and minimise any harm to your business.
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Online Knowledge Library
Use rradarstation to access legal resources and downloadable templates that give businesses the knowledge they need to proactively navigate risk.
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Intelligent Legal Assistant
Do you need to access legally verified information, templates or guidance affecting your business when you are out of the office or on site? Our legal assistant, rradargrace, is on hand to help.
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Risk Audit Tool
rradarrisk is a comprehensive risk audit tool that helps you to identify potential hazards and pinpoint any gaps that may expose you to risk – providing clear next step options for managing them
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Legal Advisory Service
Sometimes, the human element is what is needed to get to the root of the problem. Our Legal Advice experts can help you pinpoint the issues concerning you.
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Emergency Crisis Line
If something happens outside office hours, you can call us for support and guidance to help minimise harm to your business – whatever happens, whenever it happens.
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Legal Services
By your side from everyday advice to full legal representation. Our UK-based solicitors and specialists are dedicated to achieving the best results for you and your business.
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Whistleblowing Solution
Our whistleblowing service shields your business from reputational damage and other risks and creates a safe space for employees to raise concerns.
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Incident Reporting Tool
Our digital incident reporting tool makes it easy for you to document, manage and respond to health and safety risks across your business.
Need advice? Speak to our experts
Whether you are looking to strengthen your processes, navigate risk roadblocks or protect your business from harm, our team is armed with the guidance and tools you need to be by your side and make your business unstoppable.