How the roles of CEOs and designated safeguarding leads can support each other
The steps you should take after concerns have been raised
How to plan ahead for, and manage, safeguarding allegations
Making sure your staff and volunteers understand why it’s important to keep everyone safe
Find out about the responsibilities of a volunteer manager and how to plan a safeguarding policy
Guidance for volunteer managers to ensure safeguarding when recruiting volunteers
Principles for safer recruitment
How to create role descriptions and advertise for volunteers
Guidance on finding and selecting volunteers
Guide to welcoming and training new volunteers
Read our latest round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and written guidance.
In this edition, Sandy Chidley, senior consultant, spotlights opportunities in impact and evaluation and shares useful evaluation resources and training opportunities
Our survey of more than 10,000 people provides the most detailed analysis of volunteering for a decade
Building on existing work on corporate volunteering, this report looks at employer-supported volunteering through the eyes of the volunteer
This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements. For news related to what’s happening in parliament, see our regular inside track round-up.
Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees
We explain what dormant assets are, how they could support communities and how you can help make that happen.
Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis
Guidance on involving volunteers in fundraising
What to consider when corporate fundraising
Safeguarding guidance for major donor fundraising
The safeguarding issues to consider when organising fundraising events
What safeguarding risks are associated with public fundraising?
What to consider when fundraising through a third party
Guidance on handling money while fundraising
Use this series of pages to take control of the digital skills within your organisation
This page covers the range of digital skills, when they are useful, and how to check for basic and essential skills.
Use this page to understand which digital skills your organisation needs to work on first. And how to find out about digital skills among staff, volunteers and other colleagues.