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Important things to consider before deciding to close your voluntary organisation

Closing down

Every voluntary organisation should regularly ask whether it’s still well placed to achieve its goals

If your organisation is still financially viable, you may want to consider alternative options to closure

Whatever your reasons for considering closure, you’re likely to have legal responsibilities to follow

Steps you need to take before closing your organisation

Closing down

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

Closing down

Your duty of care to staff, volunteers and beneficiaries should be at the top of any closure plans

Coronavirus

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.

Coronavirus

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

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Involving volunteers

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Involving volunteers

Equity, diversity and inclusion

A quick introduction to employment law on equity, diversity and inclusion

Employing and managing staff

A quick introduction to employment law on leave and time off

Employing and managing staff

A quick introduction to employment law on pay and pensions

Employing and managing staff

Guidance on what to include in employment contracts and written statements

Employing and managing staff

Check your organisation has the right policies and procedures in place to employ and manage staff

Employing and managing staff

How to set a salary structure and reward staff with fair and competitive pay

Employing and managing staff

A sample adoption leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample compassionate and parental bereavement leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample dignity at work policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample disciplinary procedure, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

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

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

This course will help you to manage conflict and problem solve with your volunteers, and navigate the process of ending volunteering well.

Are you confident in your general project management skills but looking to strengthen your expertise? This course moves beyond the basics of project management to better understand techniques, activities and principles within a charity context.

This one-day training course provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding leads in charities in England

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This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads or officers in charitable organisations.

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will elevate your strategic leadership skills, so you can create lasting impact for your organisations and the communities you serve.

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

This course will give you an overview of how to build a simple finance strategy. We’ll introduce tools to help you build the financial resilience of your charity

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Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

Advanced project management (1 day)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Leading external engagement (2 days)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

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