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Corporate relations

Find out how you can support our work through sponsorship, advertising, leaving a legacy and more

Trusted suppliers

Our trusted suppliers are experts who can save your organisation time and money

  • Financial management
  • Employing and managing staff
  • Digital and technology

Finance

These suppliers can help with financial planning, insurance, employee benefits and more

  • Financial management

Brooks Financial

Brooks Financial provides tailored financial advice and employee benefits solutions to charities and voluntary organisations.

  • Financial management

Zurich

Zurich provide insurance for charities, social enterprises and community groups of all shapes and sizes

  • Financial management

HR and recruitment

These suppliers can help recruit and support your staff and volunteers

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Law and regulation

Atkinson HR Consulting

Atkinson HR Consulting offers a range of strategic HR services to help you recruit, retain and develop your people

  • Employing and managing staff

CharityJob

CharityJob is the UK’s largest online job board for charity and voluntary sector roles

  • Employing and managing staff

Roots HR CIC

Roots HR CIC specialise in providing human resources services for charities and the voluntary sector

  • Employing and managing staff

Volunteering during the covid-19 pandemic: What we know

  • Coronavirus
  • Involving volunteers

Governance round-up: July 2022

Read our latest round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and written guidance.

  • Governance

Impact round-up: August 2022

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

  • Impact and evaluation

Time Well Spent: A national survey on the volunteer experience

Our survey of more than 10,000 people provides the most detailed analysis of volunteering for a decade

  • Involving volunteers
  • Digital and technology

Time Well Spent: Employer-supported volunteering

Building on existing work on corporate volunteering, this report looks at employer-supported volunteering through the eyes of the volunteer

  • Involving volunteers
  • Employing and managing staff

Government policy and funding round-up: August 2022

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.

  • Government and politics

Governance round-up: August 2022

Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees

  • Governance

Turning abandoned shares into support for communities – and what you can do to help

We explain what dormant assets are, how they could support communities and how you can help make that happen.

  • Law and regulation

Supporting members through the cost of living crisis

  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

Government must provide immediate financial support to help communities

Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis

  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

Equity, diversity and inclusion

A quick introduction to employment law on equity, diversity and inclusion

  • Employing and managing staff

Leave and time off work

A quick introduction to employment law on leave and time off

  • Employing and managing staff

Pay and pensions

A quick introduction to employment law on pay and pensions

  • Employing and managing staff

Employment contracts and written statements

Guidance on what to include in employment contracts and written statements

  • Employing and managing staff

Developing policies and procedures

Check your organisation has the right policies and procedures in place to employ and manage staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Setting salaries

How to set a salary structure and reward staff with fair and competitive pay

  • Employing and managing staff

Adoption leave

A sample adoption leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

Compassionate and parental bereavement leave

A sample compassionate and parental bereavement leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

Sample dignity at work policy

A sample dignity at work policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

Disciplinary

A sample disciplinary procedure, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

Governance Forum

A space for charity governance professionals to come together, learn and network

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

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

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

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

NCVO/Zurich Summit: Navigating risk and resilience in a divided society

Join sector leaders for an in‑person summit exploring how extremism, polarisation and social division are shaping charity risk and resilience. Hear emerging insights, take part in discussions, and contribute to NCVO’s upcoming Spring Briefing.

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

This practical session will build your awareness of different types of reporting and support you to tell a compelling story through your reporting

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

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.

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Learn practical tips to ensure you are successful in your funding bid applications.

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

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.

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads or officers in charitable organisations.

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

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