Risk management is a vital (and legal) responsibility for charity trustees. This page covers an introduction to the risk management process and the role insurance plays in protecting your organisation.
Use this page to learn about how to broadly encourage positive trustee relationships and manage disputes.
Learn about what your boards legal duties are and the considerations for each of them
Learn about the reasons to remove a trustee and the process to go through
The appropriate level of due diligence charities should carry out when working with partners
Find out about the specific role that trustees can play in safeguarding
Find out about the Charity Commission's expectations for reporting incidents
Steps you need to take to keep data safe once DBS checks have been carried out
How and when to ask about a staff member or volunteer's criminal history
This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements. For news related to what’s happening in parliament, see our regular inside track round-up.
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
Latest updates on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
A new research briefing published today and authored by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) examines the government’s policy response to volunteering in England, and its impact, during the covid-19 pandemic.
A sample paternity leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations
Guidance for using NCVO's financial procedures manual templates - controls on physical assets
Incorporating conflicts of interest into your financial procedures manual
Guidance for using NCVO's financial procedures manual templates
How to set up a good induction and probation programme
Advice on DBS checks for volunteers and volunteer involving organisations
This page is about how to respond to discrimination occurring in your organisation.
A quick introduction to employment law on the conditions of employment
How consortium members can work together to bid for, and hopefully win, contracts
Collaborative working, also known as joint or partnership working, covers a variety of ways that two or more organisations can work together