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Employing staff essentials

Familiarise yourself with the essential aspects of employing paid members of staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Introduction to employment law

Understand your core legal responsibilities to your employees

  • Employing and managing staff

Understanding employment law

A short summary of your general legal obligations to paid members of staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Conditions of employment

A quick introduction to employment law on the conditions of employment

  • Employing and managing staff

Equity, diversity and inclusion

A quick introduction to employment law on equity, diversity and inclusion

  • Employing and managing staff

Leave and time off work

A quick introduction to employment law on leave and time off

  • Employing and managing staff

Pay and pensions

A quick introduction to employment law on pay and pensions

  • Employing and managing staff

Employment contracts and written statements

Guidance on what to include in employment contracts and written statements

  • Employing and managing staff

Developing policies and procedures

Check your organisation has the right policies and procedures in place to employ and manage staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Setting salaries

How to set a salary structure and reward staff with fair and competitive pay

  • Employing and managing staff

The FSI to transfer key small charity assets to NCVO on closure

The Foundation for Social Improvement and NCVO have reached an agreement to transfer the FSI’s key charity assets to NCVO when the organisation ceases activity on 3 May 2023

  • Inside NCVO

Small charity support: 5 key points for insfrastructure organisations

  • Collaboration

How to join the Big Help Out

We share stories from people taking part in the Big Help Out and explain how you can get involved and make a difference in your community

  • Involving volunteers

Governance round-up: May 2023

This month we share reflections from our Governance Forum and introduce our new governance consultant

  • Governance

Practical support bulletin: May 2023

Amy Walton, small charity support manager, shares resources, free events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities.

  • Financial management
  • Funding and income
  • Responding to crises

Raise your voice: Help NCVO and ACEVO develop a manifesto

Share your experiences and views with decision makers ahead of the next general election

  • Government and politics

Exploring new routes into charity employment for over 50s

New Charity Interns project will be hosted by NCVO and offer paid internships to people aged over 50

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Inside NCVO

Impact round-up: Spring 2023

Evaluation consultant Lucy Lernelius takes a deep dive into measuring the impact of volunteering

  • Impact and evaluation

Volunteers’ Week 2023: Building on the legacy of The Big Help Out

Director of strategic communications and insight, Saskia Konynenburg, shares ways to get involved in Volunteers' Week 2023

  • Involving volunteers

Volunteers’ Week 2023: Making volunteering accessible with the Alternative Futures Group

How to make volunteering accessible for people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

Writing a data protection policy and procedures

Use this to help you write your data protection policy and procedures and other related documents.

  • Digital and technology

Funding for digital and technology costs

How to apply for grant funding for digital and technology costs

  • Digital and technology

Using volunteers to build your digital and technology skills and capacity

Find out about national schemes to provide charities and other organisations with digital volunteer support

  • Digital and technology

Choosing the right digital agency or freelancer

How to choose the right digital agency or freelancer for your charity, organisation or community group

  • Digital and technology

Great conversations with digital partners

How to build a great relationship with your organisation's digital partners

Understanding digital communications, campaigns and content

Get started with digital communications, campaigns and content in the charity sector and find out who can help

  • Digital and technology
  • Campaigning

Data and insight

Get the basics on data and insight and why they matter to charities, organisations and community groups

  • Digital and technology

SWOT

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

  • Business planning and strategy

PESTLE

A guide to help organisations consider how the world is changing

  • Business planning and strategy

Other players

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

  • Business planning and strategy

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

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

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads or officers in charitable organisations.

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

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

Governance Forum

Our Governance Forum is a space for charity governance professionals and those who support good governance to come together, learn and network

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

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

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

This course will give you an overview of how to build a simple finance strategy. We’ll introduce tools to help you build the financial resilience of your charity

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

This essentials course is suitable for anyone within an organisation that handles the personal data of staff, service users, beneficiaries, volunteers, customers, members or supporters, and needs to know the basics of data protection for voluntary organisations.

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

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

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

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

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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