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About NCVO membership

NCVO represents charities, community groups and social enterprises across England. We support our members by developing practical resources designed to support the day-to-day running of their organisations, saving them time to focus on their beneficiaries.

Whether we're sharing information, or by bringing our members together, organisations who have similar challenges and aspirations stay connected and informed.

With over 16,000 members that help us to influence and shape the sector, we're stronger together.

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Key benefits of NCVO membership

• Get 30% off our training, online and face-to-face

• Access our member-only tools and resources to help run your organisation
• Take part in exclusive discussions about what's happening in the sector
• …and access to many more benefits

How we help our members

We provide our members with exclusive benefits to help their employees, volunteers and trustees to make the biggest difference in five key areas. Here is a selection of our most popular resources and member-only offers:

Governance - strengthening leadership and trustee boards

• Download exclusive trustee board tools and templates
• Find the right trustee by advertising for free with leading trustee and board recruitment agency Trustees Unlimited

Volunteer management - supporting the recruitment and management of volunteers

• Expert video guidance to help you find and manage your volunteers
• Exclusive unlimited access to our extensive volunteers and the law resource

Funding - guiding members toward financial sustainability

• Use our Income Diversification Planner to explore realistic options in diversifying your organisation's income
• Free sustainable funding guide for trustees
• Manage your money with confidence with our financial guidance and templates

HR - keeping up to date on employment law and best practice

• Free template HR policies and guidance notes
• Access a dedicated HR business advice line
• Discounted professional HR service providers

Strategy - providing tools and resources to strengthen planning

• Extensive insight to the operating environment with our Road Ahead and template PEST analysis
• Access our free Business Plan tool
• Exclusive how-to-guide of our Almanac research

Membership fees

Membership fees are based on your charity's gross annual income – you can save up to 15% if you pay by direct debit or sign up for three years.

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Membership Extra

If your organisation has an income over £1m, you can opt to upgrade to Membership Extra and we’ll send you invitations to our parliamentary receptions and other exclusive events. You’ll also help us to offer free Community Membership to organisations with an income of less than £30,000 per annum.