You searched for
''

All (1344)
News and insights (323)
Help and guidance (610)
Training and events (77)

A forum for discussing the issues affecting the voluntary and community sector

Our help and guidance content includes step-by-step guides, downloadable templates and interactive tools to help you run your voluntary organisation

Learn about the practical steps you need to take to set up your own organisation

Setting up

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

Setting up

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

Setting up

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

Setting up

Involving volunteers
Coronavirus

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

Governance

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

Impact and evaluation

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

Digital and technology
Involving volunteers

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

Employing and managing staff
Involving volunteers

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

Governance

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

Law and regulation

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Learn more about your organisation's financial position and understanding the timings of financial challenges

Financial management

Learn more about what insolvency means and how cashflow forecasting can help

Financial management

Guidance on taking control of your situation, adopting a people-centred approach and seeking professional advice

Financial management

Learn about what support is available for managing energy costs and being energy efficient

Financial management

Learn about the key stages of collaboration and what they mean for your organisation

Collaboration

Collaborative working, also known as joint or partnership working, covers a variety of ways that two or more organisations can work together

Collaboration

Decide whether collaboration will help you achieve your aims by learning about the potential benefits and risks

Collaboration

A checklist of questions to help you decide whether to work collaboratively on a given project.

Collaboration

Tips to help voluntary organisations collaborate effectively with the right partners

Collaboration

This page explains the different ways that voluntary organisations may collaborate in order to bid for and deliver a commissioned contract

Collaboration

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

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

Get an introduction to data collection methods and practical guidance for evaluating your work

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

This course will help you create a positive and inclusive experience for volunteers. The course will explore best practice in relation to safeguarding, data protection, health and safety, and equality

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

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

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

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

Learn practical tools and techniques to increase your capability, confidence and impact when seeking to influence others – both within and outside your organisation

You searched for ''

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Volunteers and the law (0.5 day)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

You searched for
''