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.
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
Useful questions you can ask when planning safeguarding training for your organisation
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.
Writing the content page section of your business plan
A guide to help your organisation with your SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis
A guide to help you develop an expenses policy for your organisation
A guide to help you develop a sickness absence policy and procedure for your organisation
Guidance for using NCVO's control on expenditure manual templates
A basic building block of internal control
Guidance for using NCVO's financial procedures manual templates
Guidance and policies to consider when using volunteer drivers
Examples of tribunal decisions where a volunteer be seen as an employee