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Corporate relations

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Trusted suppliers

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

  • Financial management
  • Employing and managing staff
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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

Employment Rights Bill: what charities need to know

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.

Updates to NCVO’s executive team

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

What the Autumn 2025 Budget means for your charity

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

  • Funding and income
  • Government and politics

Charities facing mission-limiting hostility, fear and intimidation

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

  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

Why the government’s asylum proposals are bad for volunteering

  • Involving volunteers
  • Government and politics

Local Covenant Partnerships Fund announced

The government has announced a new initiative designed to support stronger, fairer and more collaborative relationships between charities and local government.

  • Funding and income
  • Government and politics

Charities raise serious concerns about government’s earned settlement proposals

Charities and voluntary organisations are raising serious concerns about government proposals to link volunteering to asylum settlement.

Kerplunk and the art of strengthening government civil sector relationships

The Covenant Council can help drive change, but the covenant will only succeed if the whole sector actively uses it to build stronger relationships between government and civil society.

  • Government and politics

Turning intent into action: the Covenant Council begins

Last week, we brought together (almost all) members of the new Civil Society Covenant Council for an informal meet-and-greet, ahead of our first formal meeting at No.10 Downing Street next month.

  • Government and politics

Letter to small charities

Following recent changes within NCVO, this letter from CEO Kate Lee, sets out plans for the future and our continued commitment to supporting small charities.

Service Directory

Our Service Directory connect members with specialists who can save our members time and money. Each specialist has experience working with charities and voluntary organisations.

  • Finance
  • People, HR and recruitment
  • IT and data protection

What is divestment?

Learn about what divestment is and the aims and impacts of divesting from fossil fuels

  • Campaigning

Deciding to set up a new charitable organisation

Access our guidance to help you decide if you should set up a new charity, voluntary organisation or community group

  • Setting up

Choosing your legal structure

What you need to consider when choosing your legal structure and the main characteristics of different legal structures

  • Setting up

Understanding charity status and registration

Find out what charity status is and if you need to register as a charity

  • Setting up

Understanding social enterprise

Find out about social enterprises and their associated legal structures

  • Setting up

A charity's governing document: What it should include

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

  • Setting up

Introduction to employment law

Understand your core legal responsibilities to your employees

  • Employing and managing staff

Understanding employment law

A short summary of your general legal obligations to paid members of staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Conditions of employment

A quick introduction to employment law on the conditions of employment

  • Employing and managing staff

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

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

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.

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

This practical course is specifically tailored to the voluntary sector. It’s designed to give you all the principles and practical tools you need to plan, deliver and evaluate your project successfully.

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

This one-day training course provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding leads in charities in England.

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

A practical, high impact course that focuses on building an effective finance strategy and equips you to strengthen your charity’s financial stability and long term confidence.

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

This course will take you through the essentials of lawful data processing for charities and help improve your compliance with the law

Charity finance skills (1 day)

We know numbers can be daunting. Whether you are a staff member managing daily operations or a trustee overseeing governance, understanding your charity financial health is key to sustainable impact.

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.

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