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Joint working agreement checklist

A checklist to help you develop a joint working agreement

Charity Essentials

Charity Essentials is an online tool designed to help charities run a basic health check on their organisation

  • Collaboration

Charity Essentials (English version)

An English version of the Charity Essentials tool, which can help you do a basic health check on how your organisation is performing

Charity Essentials (Welsh version)

A Welsh version of the Charity Essentials tool, which can help you do a basic health check on how your organisation is performing

Equity, diversity and inclusion

This section will help you get started in improving your organisations’ approach to equity, diversity and inclusion.

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

Get started with equity, diversity and inclusion

This page helps you get started in improving your organisations’ approach to equity, diversity and inclusion.

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Equality Act: Your legal duties

Using the Equality Act to understand your legal duties

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

Respond to discrimination

This page is about how to respond to discrimination occurring in your organisation.

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

Insurance

Risk management is a vital (and legal) responsibility for charity trustees. This page covers an introduction to the risk management process and the role insurance plays in protecting your organisation.

  • Law and regulation

Charity ethical principles

Principles that support charities to recognise and resolve ethical issues and conflicts, and make charities safer

  • Governance

A bigger role in building our future

  • Involving volunteers

The links between family and volunteering: A review of the evidence

  • Involving volunteers

Planning for tomorrow's workforce

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Business planning and strategy
  • Impact and evaluation

The inside track: July 2022

  • Government and politics
  • Law and regulation

Volunteering round-up: June 2022

  • Involving volunteers

Governance round-up: June 2022

  • Governance

Government policy and funding round-up: June 2022

  • Funding and income
  • Government and politics
  • Governance

The procurement bill: what does it mean for charities?

  • Government and politics
  • Law and regulation

Governance round-up: May 2022

  • Governance

Volunteering round-up: May 2022

  • Involving volunteers

Working with area boards and networks

How to stay connected with your local area safeguarding boards

  • Safeguarding

Responding to members' concerns

How to respond when a member chooses you to report a safeguarding concern

  • Safeguarding

Additional ways to support your members

Other things you can do to help your members with safeguarding

  • Safeguarding

Planning safeguarding training

How to plan the right safeguarding training for your organisation

  • Safeguarding

What training is required?

Choosing the right safeguarding training for your organisation's needs

  • Safeguarding

Choosing a training provider

How to choose the right safeguarding training provider for your organisation

  • Safeguarding

Researching training

Useful questions you can ask when planning safeguarding training for your organisation

  • Safeguarding

Designing training in-house

How to design training in-house if you have safeguarding and training expertise within your organisation

  • Safeguarding

Introduction to safeguarding for trustees

Key safeguarding questions for trustees to consider

  • Safeguarding

Responsibilities of a lead trustee for safeguarding

Find out about a lead trustee for safeguarding's role and responsibilities

  • Safeguarding

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

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

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

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

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

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

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

Charity finance skills (1 day)

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

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

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

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

This course will take you through the essentials of lawful data processing for charities and help improve your compliance with the law

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

APPG on Charities and Volunteering: local partnership working

Join us for a discussion on the future of partnership working between local government and civil society.