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
Understand your core legal responsibilities to your employees
Guidance on involving volunteers in fundraising
What to consider when corporate fundraising
Safeguarding guidance for major donor fundraising
The safeguarding issues to consider when organising fundraising events
What safeguarding risks are associated with public fundraising?
What to consider when fundraising through a third party
Guidance on handling money while fundraising
Use this series of pages to take control of the digital skills within your organisation
This page covers the range of digital skills, when they are useful, and how to check for basic and essential skills.
Use this page to understand which digital skills your organisation needs to work on first. And how to find out about digital skills among staff, volunteers and other colleagues.