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
Access our guidance to help you decide if you should set up a new charity, voluntary organisation or community group
What you need to consider when choosing your legal structure and the main characteristics of different legal structures
Find out what charity status is and if you need to register as a charity
Find out about social enterprises and their associated legal structures
Find out what information should be included in your charity's governing document
Guidance and tools to help you run your charity or voluntary organisation
Practical guidance to help you recruit, manage and develop paid members of staff, including a useful introduction to employment law
Familiarise yourself with the essential aspects of employing paid members of staff
This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements
Banking is often one of the greatest day-to-day challenges faced by charities. Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante explores the issue in more detail, and shares details of a new NCVO project
Amy Walton, small charity support manager, shares resources, free events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities.
In the first of our Road Ahead series, we consider what the cost of living crisis could mean for us all in the months ahead
As part of our Road Ahead series, we explore the issues affecting the people at the heart of our organisations
In this Road Ahead article, we reflect on our shared commitment to better reflect and engage with the communities we serve
As part of our Road Ahead series, we consider how the voluntary sector responds to continuing political turbulence
In the last of our Road Ahead series, we shine a spotlight on new laws and regulations that may affect you
What you need to know about the Big Help Out: a campaign to get more people volunteering
Evaluation consultant Carol Jennions looks at wellbeing evaluation and shares useful resources alongside some exciting new training opportunities
Learn more about your organisation's financial position and understanding the timings of financial challenges
Learn more about what insolvency means and how cashflow forecasting can help
Guidance on taking control of your situation, adopting a people-centred approach and seeking professional advice
Learn about what support is available for managing energy costs and being energy efficient
Learn about the key stages of collaboration and what they mean for your organisation
Collaborative working, also known as joint or partnership working, covers a variety of ways that two or more organisations can work together
Decide whether collaboration will help you achieve your aims by learning about the potential benefits and risks
A checklist of questions to help you decide whether to work collaboratively on a given project.
Tips to help voluntary organisations collaborate effectively with the right partners
This page explains the different ways that voluntary organisations may collaborate in order to bid for and deliver a commissioned contract