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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

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

Learn more about payroll giving in the voluntary sector

Funding and income

Learn more about telephone fundraising for voluntary organisations

Funding and income

Learn about what fundraising myths exist

Funding and income

Decide if crowdfunding is right for you

Funding and income

Learn about how to run a crowdfunding campaign

Funding and income

Guidance to help you think about your funding and income planning

Funding and income

Find out what delivering public services means and if you can get funding from public sector organisations

Funding and income

Learn more about the commissioning cycle

Funding and income

Funding and income

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

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 introductory course explains the key trustee responsibilities for safeguarding, following guidance from the Charity Commission

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

This course will help people with little or no financial background to feel confident in managing day-to-day charity finance

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

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

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

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

Join us for a discussion on the future of partnership working between local government and civil society.

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Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

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