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Trustees’ Week 2025

For Trustees’ Week 2025, we’re focusing on good governance.

  • Governance

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General Election 2024

Our analysis of the general election result and what it means for charities

Time to flex: Embracing flexible working

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Road Ahead 2022

  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

UK Civil Society Almanac 2021

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Levelling up: The role of charities and volunteering

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Charities Bill: Lords Second Reading

  • Government and politics

Where power lies: How lived experience is engaged in voluntary sector governance and decision-making

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Governance

Rebalancing the Relationship: Final report

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

Rebalancing the relationship: emerging findings and draft recommendations

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

The Road Ahead 2021

  • Funding and income
  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises

Time Well Spent: Diversity and volunteering

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Involving volunteers

Reporting

Guidance on Charity Commission, Companies House and serious incident reporting

  • Governance

Strategy

Trustees should help oversee and develop their charity’s strategy

  • Governance

Recruiting and inducting trustees

Guidance on how to find and welcome new charity trustees

  • Governance

Removing trustees

Learn about the reasons to remove a trustee and the process to go through

  • Governance

The legal duties of trustees

Learn about what your boards legal duties are and the considerations for each of them

  • Governance

Trustee disqualification

Guidance to help your board learn about the rules on automatic disqualification, who this applies to and applying for waivers.

  • Business planning and strategy

The rules on trustee disqualification

The rules on the automatic disqualification of trustees and senior managers.

  • Governance

Updated conditions in the Charities Act 2016

Learn what's included on trustee disqualification in the Charities Act 2016.

  • Governance

Applying to stop disqualification

What the board, trustees and senior manages can do in the event of trustee disqualification.

  • Governance

Developing your trustees skills

Learn about how you can develop trustee skills

  • Governance

Governance Forum

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

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

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

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.

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

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

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