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How to prepare annual accounts and a Trustees’ Annual Report and make them available on request

Financial management

Creating financial information that helps managers and trustees

Financial management

What to consider when deciding on investments

Financial management

Help and guidance around tax and trading laws and procedures for your organisation

Financial management

Charities are usually exempt from paying corporation or income tax, but there are some situations where you might become liable

Financial management

When do charities need to consider VAT and what are the exemptions?

Financial management

How to trade as a charity, and what the risks are

Financial management

Charities are allowed to trade under certain circumstances, but if you've decided to develop a trading activity which is not allowed, you'll need to establish a trading subsidiary. Here's how.

Financial management

Guidance around Gift Aid and GASDS

Financial management

Gift Aid is a scheme which allows charities to claim an extra 25p for every £1 donated

Financial management

Coronavirus
Involving volunteers

Read our latest round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and written guidance.

Governance

In this edition, Sandy Chidley, senior consultant, spotlights opportunities in impact and evaluation and shares useful evaluation resources and training opportunities

Impact and evaluation

Our survey of more than 10,000 people provides the most detailed analysis of volunteering for a decade

Involving volunteers
Digital and technology

Building on existing work on corporate volunteering, this report looks at employer-supported volunteering through the eyes of the volunteer

Employing and managing staff
Involving volunteers

This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements. For news related to what’s happening in parliament, see our regular inside track round-up.

Government and politics

Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees

Governance

We explain what dormant assets are, how they could support communities and how you can help make that happen.

Law and regulation

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Find out what volunteering is and how to get started

Involving volunteers

How volunteers can benefit your organisation and play an important role in your work

Involving volunteers

A volunteer strategy helps secure the support to help your volunteering do more

Involving volunteers

Understand how equity, diversity and inclusion affects volunteers and those they support

Involving volunteers

How to write volunteer role descriptions that show your volunteers' roles and responsibilities

Involving volunteers

It’s good practice to pay back volunteers for expenses they incur while volunteering

Involving volunteers

Understand volunteer coordinator roles and decide how to support your volunteers

Involving volunteers

Help volunteers understand their role in safeguarding and their own right to be safe

Involving volunteers

How a volunteer policy can benefit your organisation and what it should include

Involving volunteers

Understand what insurance your organisation needs if it involves volunteers

Involving volunteers

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will elevate your strategic leadership skills, so you can create lasting impact for your organisations and the communities you serve.

This course will revisit the core financial duties of a charity trustee and explore what it means to practice good financial governance

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

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

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

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

This practical two-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will teach you how to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Learn how to successfully deliver meaningful change to improve your team or organisation

Are you confident in your general project management skills but looking to strengthen your expertise? This course moves beyond the basics of project management to better understand techniques, activities and principles within a charity context.

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

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

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Financial governance for trustees (0.5 day)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Advanced project management (1 day)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

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