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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

Guidance and tools to help you run your charity or voluntary organisation

Employing and managing staff
Setting up
Closing down

Practical guidance to help you recruit, manage and develop paid members of staff, including a useful introduction to employment law

Employing and managing staff

Familiarise yourself with the essential aspects of employing paid members of staff

Employing and managing staff

Our chief executive Sarah Vibert shares her thoughts on key findings from NPC’s new charity sector report

Government and politics
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Responding to crises

A survey of UK charities

Government and politics
Funding and income

An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements

Government and politics

An update on our work to address the chronic underfunding of public services delivered by charities.

Funding and income

Key points from the budget and analysis of how it will impact the voluntary sector

Government and politics
Funding and income

Resources, events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities

Business planning and strategy
Involving volunteers

Our latest impact and evaluation support, guidance and training

Impact and evaluation

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

Our latest update on what’s happening in Westminster and how it might impact charities

Government and politics

The latest governance news, resources and dates for your diary

Governance

Writing the executive summary of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing about your organisation in your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing about what your organisation does in your business plan

Business planning and strategy

How to navigate your market and customer base

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market analysis section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research and testing section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the operational planning section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the people, management and governance section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the impact section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

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

Join us for an essential webinar on creating and embedding effective risk assessments to protect your volunteers and those they support

This course will revisit the core financial duties of a charity trustee and explore what it means to practice good financial governance

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.

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

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

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

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

This practical two-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will teach you how to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Learn how to successfully deliver meaningful change to improve your team or organisation

Are you confident in your general project management skills but looking to strengthen your expertise? This course moves beyond the basics of project management to better understand techniques, activities and principles within a charity context.

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Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Financial governance for trustees (0.5 day)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Advanced project management (1 day)

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