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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

The Employment Rights Bill introduces the biggest changes to UK employment law in decades. Find out when these changes will happen and what you should be doing to get ready.

Membership body announces changes to its executive team following the arrival of new CEO, Kate Lee.

Limited measures announced, but not enough to ease financial strain on charities.

Funding and income
Government and politics

A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.

Responding to crises
Government and politics

Involving volunteers
Government and politics

The government has announced a new initiative designed to support stronger, fairer and more collaborative relationships between charities and local government.

Funding and income
Government and politics

Find more safeguarding resources that may be useful in your role

Safeguarding

How human resources can play a leading role in safeguarding

Safeguarding

Ensuring good safeguarding practice from interview to exit

Safeguarding

How to conduct recruitment practices safely

Safeguarding

How to conduct a safeguarding risk assessment when recruiting to a new role

Safeguarding

Guidance for advertising roles and processing applications

Safeguarding

Safeguarding considerations when shortlisting for roles

Safeguarding

How to conduct interviews

Safeguarding

How to carry out pre-employment checks

Safeguarding

Safeguarding for onboarding, training and support

Safeguarding

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

This training will teach you how to raise your profile and the profile of your charity. You’ll learn how to improve your external engagement through network-building, collaboration, partnership development and effective communication.

This course will help you implement structures and processes to support trustees, and ensure systems are aligned with your organisation’s purpose and objectives

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

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will strengthen your understanding of authentic leadership, so you can lead with integrity and impact

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

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

Get an overview of the key tasks and considerations when creating a volunteer strategy. Learn how to develop a strategy that compliments your business plan and create a framework for building success

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

This course provides an introduction to the key differences between mentoring and coaching. You’ll learn how to use both skills effectively to develop and support staff, volunteers and clients

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Help and guidance

Setting up

Deciding to set up a new charitable organisation

Choosing your legal structure

Understanding charity status and registration

Understanding social enterprise

A charity's governing document: What it should include

Running a charity

Employing and managing staff

Employing staff essentials

Employment Rights Bill: what charities need to know

Updates to NCVO’s executive team

What the Autumn 2025 Budget means for your charity

Charities facing mission-limiting hostility, fear and intimidation

Why the government’s asylum proposals are bad for volunteering

Local Covenant Partnerships Fund announced

Further help and guidance

Safeguarding responsibilities for HR managers

Safeguarding from interview to exit

Introduction to safer recruitment practices

Role risk assessment

Advertising and applications

Shortlisting

Interviews

Pre-employment checks

Onboarding, training and support

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Developing a volunteer strategy (1 day)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Mentoring and coaching skills (0.5 days)

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Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Leading external engagement ( 1 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Developing a volunteer strategy (1 day)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Mentoring and coaching skills (0.5 days)

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