Guidance around when a charity or voluntary organisation needs a bank account, and how to choose one and set it up.
Find out about some of the areas to consider when managing financial difficulties and insolvency
Learn about how to work though helping your organisation manage financial uncertainty
Learn more about your organisation's financial position and understanding the timings of financial challenges
Learn more about what insolvency means and how cashflow forecasting can help
Guidance on taking control of your situation, adopting a people-centred approach and seeking professional advice
Learn about what support is available for managing energy costs and being energy efficient
Guidance on all aspects of collaboration, from mergers to working with local compacts
An introduction to working with other organisations, including getting started and key stages
Learn about the key stages of collaboration and what they mean for your organisation
A review of the voluntary sector's operating environment.
Step-by-step guidance to help voluntary organisations develop a consortium
Guidance on scoping and planning before you set up a voluntary-sector consortium
How to form the initial working group that will help partners set up a consortium
An outline of how much funding is required to establish a voluntary sector consortium, and some of the potential funding sources
Why you need to engage stakeholders such as commissioners and local organisations in your consortium development, and how to involve them
An overview of the key policies and procedures that will support the operational running of a consortium
A guide to becoming an incorporated company
How to formally launch your consortium and invite organisations to join
How to set up the central hub that will run the consortium business, scope for contracts, network with commissioners and bring in contracts
How consortium members can work together to bid for, and hopefully win, contracts