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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

Reasons and ways to support the nationwide campaign to get more people volunteering

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

The latest charity governance news, resources and dates for your diary

Governance

A manifesto for the voluntary sector ahead of the 2024 general election

Government and politics

Government and politics

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

Digital and technology
Business planning and strategy
Funding and income

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

Government and politics

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

This month sees the launch of a consultation on the Charity Governance Code and new charity chair research

Governance

Government and politics

How to conduct interviews

Safeguarding

How to carry out pre-employment checks

Safeguarding

Safeguarding for onboarding, training and support

Safeguarding

How to conduct exit interviews safely

Safeguarding

Safeguarding questions to use during interviews

Safeguarding

How you can support safeguarding for your organisation, internally and externally

Safeguarding

How to communicate about your organisation's work safely

Safeguarding

How to make safeguarding a central part of your fundraising

Safeguarding

Making sure you’ve covered important aspects of safeguarding when fundraising

Safeguarding

What are the safeguarding risks associated with different types of fundraising?

Safeguarding

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

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 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

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.

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

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

This course will equip managers in the voluntary sector with the skills and techniques they need to effectively manage paid members of staff

Our Governance Forum is a space for charity governance professionals and those who support good governance to come together, learn and network

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Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Advanced project management (1 day)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

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