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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

Find out about social enterprises and their associated legal structures

Setting up

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

Setting up

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Government and politics

Guidance to help you decide whether working in partnership is right for your organisation

Collaboration

Guidance to help voluntary organisations collaborate on campaigns

Collaboration

Explore three models of consortia delivery of public services by voluntary and community organisations

Collaboration

This page looks at how organisations collaborate on the projects that directly contribute to their overall mission

Collaboration

Advice on how organisations can use collaborative working to share premises and back office services

Collaboration

Things to consider when staffing a collaborative project

Collaboration

How organisations with a national body and local groups can work together

Collaboration

Guidance on fundraising through the gift economy (public giving, voluntary donations) and the open market (trading)

Collaboration

Reasons for forming a consortium and examples of voluntary sector consortia

Collaboration

The different ways that voluntary organisations can work together collectively to bid for and deliver public service contracts

Collaboration

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

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

In this free webinar, you'll learn the simple steps your charity can take to protect against and prepare for a terrorist incident when hosting events at venues and public spaces. This webinar is hosted in partnership with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO).

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will elevate your strategic leadership skills, so you can create lasting impact for your organisations and the communities you serve.

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

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

This course will give trustees an overview and understanding of charity governance, regulation and best practice

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

This course will develop your skills and help you use a marketing approach to recruit volunteers

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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering (APPG)

Month of Community

Small Charity Week

Help and guidance

Setting up

Deciding to set up a new charitable organisation

Choosing your legal structure

Understanding charity status and registration

Understanding social enterprise

A charity's governing document: What it should include

Saskia Konynenburg appointed Interim Chief Executive of NCVO

Civil Society Covenant launched to reset partnership with government

Partnerships

Campaigning in collaboration

Structures for consortia delivery of public service delivery

Working together to achieve your mission

Sharing back office services

Staffing a collaborative project

National organisations with local groups

Collaborative working to generate income

Why be part of a consortium?

Consortium operating models

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

How to keep your event safe from a terrorist incident (1 hour)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

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Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

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