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Safer recruitment principles

Principles for safer recruitment

  • Safeguarding

Creating and advertising the volunteer role

How to create role descriptions and advertise for volunteers

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Choosing the right volunteers

Guidance on finding and selecting volunteers

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Getting new volunteers started

Guide to welcoming and training new volunteers

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Supporting your volunteers

How to provide ongoing support to your volunteers and manage any concerns.

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Ending the volunteering relationship

Recognising safeguarding opportunities and risks when a volunteering relationship ends

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Safeguarding as a director of operations

Get help with thinking about safeguarding from an operations perspective

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Managing safeguarding risks

How to manage safeguarding risks at an operational level

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Budget, insurance and security

Understanding your safeguarding responsibilities when managing budgets, security and staff safety

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Data protection and digital technology

How to make sure your organisation is managing data safely and securely

  • Safeguarding

The inside track: January 2022

  • Government and politics

Volunteers' Week 2022: a time to say thanks!

  • Involving volunteers

Time well spent: impact of covid-19 on the volunteer experience

  • Coronavirus
  • Involving volunteers
  • Responding to crises

Volunteering round-up: July 2022

  • Involving volunteers

NCVO appoints Sarah Vibert as Director of Policy and Volunteering

  • Inside NCVO

Public sector volunteers less satisfied

  • Involving volunteers

Charities may find more political space to effect change in 2020, says NCVO

  • Government and politics

NCVO begins search for new chair of trustees

  • Inside NCVO

Charities' 'competitive behaviours' in contracting negatively impacting sector

  • Impact and evaluation

Two new trustees appointed to NCVO board

  • Inside NCVO

Key duties of regulated bodies

Key duties of regulated bodies to safeguard adults at risk

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Key duties of individuals

Key duties of individuals for safeguarding adults at risk

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Key offences

Key offences that can cause harm to adults at risk

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Safeguarding people from involvement in terrorism

How charities can ensure their premises, staff, volunteers and other resources can’t be used for activities that may, or appear to, support or condone terrorism

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Overview

The definition of the Terrorism Act and what the Charity Commission expects of charities and volunteer organisations

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Key duties

The key duties of charities and volunteer organisations to safeguard against involvement in terrorism

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Key offences

Terrorist offences that may affect charities and voluntary organisations

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Safeguarding people at risk of domestic abuse

Helping people at risk of domestic abuse to receive appropriate protection

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Overview

How the law encourages public bodies to ensure that individuals affected by domestic abuse are supported and perpetrators are held accountable

  • Safeguarding

Legal definition of domestic abuse

How the law defines domestic abuse

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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

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

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Learn how to create an evaluation plan to better understand and demonstrate the difference your work makes

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

This course will introduce processes and tools to help ensure that decision-making is responsive to your environment and focused on the most important issues affecting your organisation

Charity finance skills (1 day)

This course will help people with little or no financial background to feel confident in managing day-to-day charity finance

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

All voluntary organisations have a duty to keep the people they work with safe from harm. This course introduces the basics of safeguarding within a charity context in England and highlights effective safeguarding practice

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

Special volunteering network meeting: Keep volunteering voluntary

A network open to all NCVO members working within the volunteering ecosystem. Have your say on the government's consultation on making volunteering a tool in its immigration proposals.

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

This course provides an introduction to the key principles of good volunteer management and how to apply them in your organisation

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

This course will equip managers in the voluntary sector with the skills and techniques they need to effectively manage paid members of staff