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How to form the initial working group that will help partners set up a consortium

Collaboration

An outline of how much funding is required to establish a voluntary sector consortium, and some of the potential funding sources

Collaboration

Why you need to engage stakeholders such as commissioners and local organisations in your consortium development, and how to involve them

Collaboration

An overview of the key policies and procedures that will support the operational running of a consortium

Collaboration

A guide to becoming an incorporated company

Collaboration

How to formally launch your consortium and invite organisations to join

Collaboration

How to set up the central hub that will run the consortium business, scope for contracts, network with commissioners and bring in contracts

Collaboration

How consortium members can work together to bid for, and hopefully win, contracts

Collaboration

This section explains the types of charity mergers and the different reasons for merging

Collaboration

Information on the types of charity mergers and the different reasons for merging

Collaboration

Funding and income
Government and politics

Government and politics

Business planning and strategy

Impact and evaluation

Practical ways to take part in Small Charity Week – from sharing your story to getting free training, funding support and expert advice.

Cost of living
Campaigning

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Funding and income

A new report by NCVO and ACEVO sets out six key recommendations to make the Civil Society Covenant meaningful, based on feedback from over 1,000 organisations.

Campaigning
Government and politics

Explore how the 2025 Spending Review affects charities – including changes to welfare, school meals, NICs and local government funding.

Funding and income
Government and politics

Learn about what budgets and cashflow forecasts are and how to write a budget

Financial management

Learn about who to involve in writing your budget, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Financial management

Learn about how to build a cashflow forecast and how the cashflow process works

Financial management

Guidance on budgeting for projects and recovering costs

Financial management

Learn about direct costs and support costs for single and multiple projects

Financial management

Learn about what cost allocation and apportionment mean and how it works in practice

Financial management

Learn about what full cost recovery means and what the limitations are

Financial management

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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Formation of working group

Development funding

Stakeholder engagement

Operational development and consortium documents

Incorporation and establishment of interim board

Membership recruitment and due diligence

Set up central management hub

Bid for and win contracts

Mergers

About mergers

Spring Statement 2025: what it means for charities

The Road Ahead 2025

The importance of project management in the voluntary sector

Power of Small project report

The Power of Small: championing small organisations across the sector

How your charity can make the most of Small Charity Week

194 small charities selected for Small Charity Week match funding campaign

Civil society’s priorities for the new Covenant

What Spending Review 2025 means for charities

Defining budgets and cashflow forecasts and writing a budget

Budgeting: Who to involve, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Building a cashflow forecast and understanding the cashflow process

Project budgeting and full cost recovery

Direct costs and support costs

Cost allocation and apportionment

Full cost recovery

External reporting

Management accounts

Investment

Advanced project management (1 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Governance Forum

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

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Advanced project management (1 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

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