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Join fellow NCVO members at our Annual General Meeting to connect, reflect on the year’s achievements, shape the future of NCVO and make your voice heard.

We launched a new campaign in the summer of 2023 to help trustees and charity leaders consider the environmental impact of their charities’ investments

Campaigning

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

Funding and income
Governance
Cost of living

Our chief executive Sarah Vibert celebrates the start of Trustees' Week and shares our plans

Governance

Our policy and public affairs manager, Chris Walker, summarises the announcements from the King's Speech likely to impact our sector

Government and politics

Explore why diversity is a key area of reflection for your trustee board and what needs to happen to make a board truly diverse

Equity, diversity and inclusion
Governance

Read our open letter calling on the chancellor to ensure charities can continue providing essential services for communities

Funding and income
Cost of living

Why the government must act to cover the true cost of charities delivering public services

Cost of living
Funding and income

An update on what's happening in Westminster. Find out what the King’s Speech and government reshuffle means for charities

Government and politics

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

Lessons from Trustees’ Week 2023 and upcoming dates for your diary

Governance

Business planning and strategy

Use this tool to help you identify the forces working for and against a particular option

Business planning and strategy

Use this tool to help your organisation explore tradeoffs

Business planning and strategy

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

This practical two-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will build your confidence and skills to deliver impact for yourself and your organisation. Learn who your key stakeholders are and how to use communication tools to build engagement and partnerships

A network open to all NCVO members working within the volunteering ecosystem. Join us to discuss your volunteering challenges and work with the group to find solutions

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

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

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

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

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

In this free webinar, you'll learn the simple steps your charity can take to protect against and prepare for a terrorist incident when hosting events at venues and public spaces. This webinar is hosted in partnership with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO).

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.

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

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Annual General Meeting 2025

Climate campaign: Putting the environment at the centre of decision-making this Trustees' Week

Practical support bulletin: November 2023

Celebrating Trustees’ Week 2023

King’s Speech 2023: Takeaways for the voluntary sector

The importance of diversity in your trustee board

Open letter to the chancellor on vital funding for public services delivered by charities

What is the true cost of giving support to public services?

The inside track: November 2023

Volunteering round-up: November 2023

Governance round-up: November 2023

Dual bottom line analysis

Forcefield analysis

Even over statements

Deciding to close

Reasons to close

Alternatives to closure

Factors to consider before closing

Planning for closure

Create a closure plan

Plan your closure communications

Leading external engagement (2 days)

Volunteering network meeting

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

How to keep your event safe from a terrorist incident (1 hour)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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Leading external engagement (2 days)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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