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Volunteering should never be a condition for settlement.

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

Employing and managing staff
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Government and politics
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Government and politics
Involving volunteers

Government and politics

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Employing and managing staff
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Learn about Theory of Change as a process and a tool

Business planning and strategy

Find out what's involved in setting the direction of your charity

Business planning and strategy

Use this section to select the right tools to help you understand your landscape and conditions.

Business planning and strategy

A guide to help your organisation with your SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis

A guide to help organisations consider how the world is changing

A guide for your organisation to look at the priorities and impact of other organisations in your area of work

Find out about how to select the right tools to help you make good decisions

Business planning and strategy

A guide to help your organisation explore it's activities to assess the extent to which each contributes to value and surplus

Use this tool to help you identify the forces working for and against a particular option

Use this tool to help your organisation explore tradeoffs

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

Learn how to create an evaluation plan to better understand and demonstrate the difference your work makes

Learn practical tools and techniques to increase your capability, confidence and impact when seeking to influence others – both within and outside your organisation

A space for charity governance professionals to come together, learn and network

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

Join sector leaders for an in‑person summit exploring how extremism, polarisation and social division are shaping charity risk and resilience. Hear emerging insights, take part in discussions, and contribute to NCVO’s upcoming Spring Briefing.

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

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

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why.

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Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Successful funding applications (0.5 day)

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

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