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Making safeguarding a priority

How local infrastructure organisations can make safeguarding a priority

  • Safeguarding

Making sure your own safeguarding is robust

How to embed robust safeguarding processes as an infrastructure organisation

  • Safeguarding

Managing information and confidentiality

How to manage information and confidentiality as an infrastructure organisation

  • Safeguarding

Recognising the risks your members present

How infrastructure organisations can promote safeguarding among their members and other organisations they support

  • Safeguarding

Supporting groups to become safer organisations

Guidance for safeguarding for small organisations and groups without their own safeguarding resources

  • Safeguarding

Your key responsibilities

Things you must do to embed safeguarding practices as an infrastructure organisation

  • Safeguarding

Working with area boards and networks

How to stay connected with your local area safeguarding boards

  • Safeguarding

Responding to members' concerns

How to respond when a member chooses you to report a safeguarding concern

  • Safeguarding

Additional ways to support your members

Other things you can do to help your members with safeguarding

  • Safeguarding

Planning safeguarding training

How to plan the right safeguarding training for your organisation

  • Safeguarding

Time to flex: Embracing flexible working

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Road Ahead 2022

  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

UK Civil Society Almanac 2021

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Levelling up: The role of charities and volunteering

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Charities Bill: Lords Second Reading

  • Government and politics

Where power lies: How lived experience is engaged in voluntary sector governance and decision-making

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Governance

Rebalancing the Relationship: Final report

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

Rebalancing the relationship: emerging findings and draft recommendations

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

The Road Ahead 2021

  • Funding and income
  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises

Time Well Spent: Diversity and volunteering

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Involving volunteers

What is a trustee?

What is a Trustee and how do you appoint them?

  • Governance

Trustee roles

What is the role of a Trustee?

  • Governance

Who are your members?

Find out about who your charities members are and what decisions they make

  • Governance

Making good decisions as a board

Learn about the rules around decision-making and how to go about the process of making decisions effectively

  • Governance

Running good meetings

Learn about the different types of meetings and how you can work to make them effective

  • Governance

Reviewing the structure of your board

Learn about what the structure of the board looks like and what to consider when reviewing

  • Governance

Managing conflicts of interests

Learn about what conflicts of interest are and how to work through them

  • Governance

Delegating decisions

Learn which decisions stay with the board, what you can delegate and to who.

  • Governance

Documenting your delegation

Learn how to keep clear records of who holds decision-making authority.

Considering strategic and operational problems as a board

Learn about how to navigate strategic and operational problems and where the responsibility is located

  • Governance

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Learn how to develop your first fundraising strategy. This course is aimed at small to medium-sized charities looking to grow their fundraising offer.

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Learn Practical tips to ensure you are successful in your funding bid applications.

Webinar: charity trading essentials

Explore charity trading and when to consider a trading subsidiary.

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Get an introduction to data collection methods and practical guidance for evaluating your work

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

This course will develop your skills and help you use a marketing approach to recruit volunteers

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

This course will help you implement structures and processes to support trustees, and ensure systems are aligned with your organisation’s purpose and objectives

Authentic leadership (1 day)

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will strengthen your understanding of authentic leadership, so you can lead with integrity and impact

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

This course will give trustees an overview and understanding of charity governance, regulation and best practice

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

This introductory course explains the key trustee responsibilities for safeguarding, following guidance from the Charity Commission

Mentoring and coaching skills (0.5 days)

This course provides an introduction to the key differences between mentoring and coaching. You’ll learn how to use both skills effectively to develop and support staff, volunteers and clients