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Ask our practical support team any question about the setting up or running of your charity or voluntary organisation.

The small charities advisory panel champions the voices and experiences of small charities

Our wide range of events give you the opportunity to connect, collaborate, learn and share

We have the consultancy and mentoring expertise you need in evaluation, governance, strategy and volunteering

Find out about what we offer, our experience and why we’re a trusted name in the charity and impact sector.

Find out about some of our previous consultancy and mentoring work, and what our clients found useful.

How our consultancy team can help you understand and implement effective governance

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

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

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

Funding and income
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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

Learn how to create your own evaluation planning triangle

Impact and evaluation

Examples of evaluation planning triangles in different organisations

Impact and evaluation

Learn how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework and see some examples

Impact and evaluation

Learn about how to create a monitoring and evaluation framework

Impact and evaluation

View what some monitoring and evaluation frameworks look like for different organisations

Impact and evaluation

Learn about which evaluation method will be best for the type of evaluation work you're doing

Impact and evaluation

Find out about the process of choosing evaluation methods, and what some of those common evaluation methods are

Impact and evaluation

Learn about what types of interviews there are and what to consider when running interviews

Impact and evaluation

Learn about how to plan for and run focus groups

Impact and evaluation

Learn about the basics of questionnaire design

Impact and evaluation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

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

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

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