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A charity's governing document: What it should include

Find out what information should be included in your charity's governing document

  • Setting up

Collaborative working to generate income

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

  • Collaboration

What digital skills do charities need?

This page covers the range of digital skills, when they are useful, and how to check for basic and essential skills.

  • Digital and technology

Being prepared for safeguarding

How to make sure you're giving grants to people who are doing safeguarding well.

  • Safeguarding

Small charity helpdesk

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

Creating a safer organisation as a CEO

How to embed safeguarding at every level of your organisation

  • Safeguarding

Fundraising checklist and more resources

Making sure you’ve covered important aspects of safeguarding when fundraising

  • Safeguarding

Charity ethical principles

Principles that support charities to recognise and resolve ethical issues and conflicts, and make charities safer

  • Governance

Practical support bulletin: March 2024

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

  • Business planning and strategy
  • Involving volunteers

Convincing senior leaders and trustees to get involved in digital change

Convince your charity, organisation or community group's leaders to support digital change

FSI and NCVO partnership becomes new home of small charities coalition helpdesk

Today the Small Charities Coalition (SCC) announced that the FSI (the Foundation for Social Improvement) and NCVO (National Council for Voluntary Organisations) have come together to secure the SCC Helpdesk and other key services.

  • Collaboration

National service and volunteering: A guide to the Conservative party’s policy announcement

  • Government and politics

Recruiting and inducting trustees

Guidance on how to find and welcome new charity trustees

  • Governance

Running good meetings

Learn about the different types of meetings and how you can work to make them effective

  • Governance

Controls on financial assets and record keeping

Guidance for using NCVO's financial procedures manual templates - controls on financial assets

  • Governance

Responsibilities of a lead trustee for safeguarding

Find out about a lead trustee for safeguarding's role and responsibilities

  • Safeguarding

Approaching diversity through equality and inclusion

How to approach diversity at board level

  • Governance

Funding and fundraising

Trustees should think carefully about how to secure income for their charity

  • Governance

Social investment

  • Funding and income

Investment

What to consider when deciding on investments

  • Financial management

Investment and borrowing

Guidance for using NCVO's financial procedures manual templates - investment and borrowing section

  • Governance

Before you start

How to use NCVO's financial procedures manual template

  • Governance