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Quality standards offer organisations, both in and outside the voluntary sector, an externally-verified seal of approval including Investing in Volunteers, Trusted Standard, Charity Essentials and the Approved Provider Standard

Involving volunteers

Organisations have been awarded the Trusted Charity Mark

From online training and practical guidance to written resources and consultancy, we provide all the tools you need to serve your charity in the most effective way

Our Service Directory connect members with specialists who can save our members time and money. Each specialist has experience working with charities and voluntary organisations.

Finance
People, HR and recruitment
IT and data protection

We have four goals to focus our activity, all underpinned by our values

Information on our governance, trustee board and committees

Download and read our annual reports and accounts

How to make a complaint if you're unhappy with any part of our service

Find out more about our current trustee elections and upcoming AGM

Inside NCVO

The Road Ahead 2024 is our annual report on the changing landscape for voluntary sector organisations

Government and politics

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

A round-up of the latest governance news, resources and dates for your diary

Governance

Our latest update on what’s happening in Westminster and how it might impact charities

Government and politics

Our people partner Charmaine Goddard reflects on the work NCVO and the wider sector are doing to challenge racism and inequity

Inside NCVO
Equity, diversity and inclusion

Charity Interns founder Maya Bhose shares how this innovative new programme is bringing new talent into the voluntary sector

Employing and managing staff

Senior volunteering consultant Helen Tourle shares the latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

Senior volunteering consultant Helen Tourle shares lessons from a unique volunteering programme

Involving volunteers

A round-up of the latest governance news, resources and dates for your diary

Governance

Our latest Road Ahead report analyses major trends and issues for 2024 to help chart a path through the year

Business planning and strategy

Use this tool to help you identify the forces working for and against a particular option

Business planning and strategy

Use this tool to help your organisation explore tradeoffs

Business planning and strategy

Important things to consider before deciding to close your voluntary organisation

Closing down

Every voluntary organisation should regularly ask whether it’s still well placed to achieve its goals

If your organisation is still financially viable, you may want to consider alternative options to closure

Whatever your reasons for considering closure, you’re likely to have legal responsibilities to follow

Steps you need to take before closing your organisation

Closing down

Depending on your route to closure and your legal structure, you may have different legal duties and wider responsibilities

Once the decision has been made to close, you’ll need to decide who to inform and how to inform them

Learn how to create an evaluation plan to better understand and demonstrate the difference your work makes

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

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

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

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

Learn more about the Civil Society Covenant, and the steps to implement it, in this free event.

This course will introduce processes and tools to help ensure that decision-making is responsive to your environment and focused on the most important issues affecting your organisation

This course will help you to manage conflict and problem solve with your volunteers, and navigate the process of ending volunteering well.

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

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Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Mentoring and coaching skills (0.5 days)

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

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