Whatever your reasons for considering closure, you’re likely to have legal responsibilities to follow
Steps you need to take before closing your organisation
Depending on your route to closure and your legal structure, you may have different legal duties and wider responsibilities
Once the decision has been made to close, you’ll need to decide who to inform and how to inform them
Key financial steps your need to take when closing your organisation
Guidance on how to help people through the emotional and practical process of closure
Your duty of care to staff, volunteers and beneficiaries should be at the top of any closure plans
Closing an organisation will require courage and commitment from an organisation’s leadership
Guidance on common situations charities face during closure
At a time of crisis, charities want and need to be able to give their all to supporting people who need it most. They cannot do that if they have to suspend their work or close altogether.
Volunteering rates have remained stable over the last few years. In 2018/19, 22% of people regularly volunteered with a group, club or organisation. While the pandemic is unlikely to influence the overall numbers of people volunteering in the UK, we will
Guidance to help you decide whether working in partnership is right for your organisation
Guidance to help voluntary organisations collaborate on campaigns
Explore three models of consortia delivery of public services by voluntary and community organisations
This page looks at how organisations collaborate on the projects that directly contribute to their overall mission
Advice on how organisations can use collaborative working to share premises and back office services
Things to consider when staffing a collaborative project
How organisations with a national body and local groups can work together
Guidance on fundraising through the gift economy (public giving, voluntary donations) and the open market (trading)
Reasons for forming a consortium and examples of voluntary sector consortia
The different ways that voluntary organisations can work together collectively to bid for and deliver public service contracts