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This training will teach you how to raise your profile and the profile of your charity. You’ll learn how to improve your external engagement through network-building, collaboration, partnership development and effective communication.

Learn how to raise an issue with the regulator in a responsible and appropriate way.

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

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

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

This practical course is specifically tailored to the voluntary sector. It’s designed to give you all the principles and practical tools you need to plan, deliver and evaluate your project successfully

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

Recent governance news, resources, research, events and more

Governance

Find out if your organisation is eligible for new funding up to £75,000

Funding and income
Responding to crises

Learn how new banking rules will affect your charity or voluntary organisation

Financial management

The latest news, events and opportunities for people managing or supporting volunteers

Involving volunteers

A round-up of the latest guidance from the Charity Commission, recent governance news and upcoming training and events

Governance

Senior consultant, Sandy Chidley, runs through some recent work on ethical evaluation and shares useful evaluation events and training opportunities

Impact and evaluation

A round-up of what’s happening in Westminster that might impact charities. This month sees a Labour reshuffle, an update on new APPG rules, and a look ahead to party conferences

Government and politics

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

Resources, free events, support and guidance on the big issues affecting small charities

Financial management
Funding and income
Responding to crises

An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements

Government and politics
Funding and income

Guidance to help you decide whether working in partnership is right for your organisation

Collaboration

Guidance to help voluntary organisations collaborate on campaigns

Collaboration

Explore three models of consortia delivery of public services by voluntary and community organisations

Collaboration

This page looks at how organisations collaborate on the projects that directly contribute to their overall mission

Collaboration

Advice on how organisations can use collaborative working to share premises and back office services

Collaboration

Things to consider when staffing a collaborative project

Collaboration

How organisations with a national body and local groups can work together

Collaboration

Guidance on fundraising through the gift economy (public giving, voluntary donations) and the open market (trading)

Collaboration

Reasons for forming a consortium and examples of voluntary sector consortia

Collaboration

The different ways that voluntary organisations can work together collectively to bid for and deliver public service contracts

Collaboration

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 take you through the essentials of lawful data processing for charities and help improve your compliance with the law

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

Explore charity trading and when to consider a trading subsidiary.

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

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

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

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

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Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

How to raise a concern with the Charity Commission

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

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

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Governance round-up: July 2023

Applications open for £76m Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund

Consumer Duty: What is it and how will charities benefit?

Volunteering round-up: August 2023

Governance round-up: August 2023

Impact round-up: Summer 2023

The inside track: September 2023

Volunteering round-up: September 2023

Practical support bulletin: September 2023

Government policy and funding round-up: September 2023

Partnerships

Campaigning in collaboration

Structures for consortia delivery of public service delivery

Working together to achieve your mission

Sharing back office services

Staffing a collaborative project

National organisations with local groups

Collaborative working to generate income

Why be part of a consortium?

Consortium operating models

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Webinar: charity trading essentials

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

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Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

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

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

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