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Today we publish our annual report and financial accounts for the year ending 31 March 2022.

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In this edition, Sandy Chidley, senior consultant, spotlights opportunities in impact and evaluation and shares useful evaluation resources and training opportunities

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How NCVO's independent governance review is helping us live up to our values and the Charity Governance Code we helped create

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The Employment Rights Bill introduces the biggest changes to UK employment law in decades. Find out when these changes will happen and what you should be doing to get ready.

Membership body announces changes to its executive team following the arrival of new CEO, Kate Lee.

Limited measures announced, but not enough to ease financial strain on charities.

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A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.

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Learn about what budgets and cashflow forecasts are and how to write a budget

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Learn about who to involve in writing your budget, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Financial management

Learn about how to build a cashflow forecast and how the cashflow process works

Financial management

Guidance on budgeting for projects and recovering costs

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Learn about direct costs and support costs for single and multiple projects

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Learn about what full cost recovery means and what the limitations are

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How to prepare annual accounts and a Trustees’ Annual Report and make them available on request

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Creating financial information that helps managers and trustees

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What to consider when deciding on investments

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

This course will equip managers in the voluntary sector with the skills and techniques they need to effectively manage paid members of staff

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UK Civil Society Almanac 2022

Governance round-up: October 2022

Five insights about the state of the voluntary sector

Volunteering round-up: October 2022

17,000 members milestone reached in tough financial climate for voluntary sector

Two new directors join NCVO as organisation announces leadership team

Five reasons why understanding the law helps build safer organisations

Impact round-up: Autumn 2022

Ensuring good governance for NCVO and the voluntary sector

Governance round-up: November 2022

Employment Rights Bill: what charities need to know

Updates to NCVO’s executive team

What the Autumn 2025 Budget means for your charity

Charities facing mission-limiting hostility, fear and intimidation

Why the government’s asylum proposals are bad for volunteering

Defining budgets and cashflow forecasts and writing a budget

Budgeting: Who to involve, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Building a cashflow forecast and understanding the cashflow process

Project budgeting and full cost recovery

Direct costs and support costs

Cost allocation and apportionment

Full cost recovery

External reporting

Management accounts

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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)

Special volunteering network meeting: Keep volunteering voluntary

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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)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

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