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Guidance on managing relationships with and within your organisation's board

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How to approach board relationship challenges and have constructive conversations

Governance

Use this page to learn about how to broadly encourage positive trustee relationships and manage disputes.

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Use this page to understand how to approach challenging conversations with your board.

Governance

What to consider when carrying out a governance review and the different types of review

Governance

A collection of some of the most important sample documents, templates and tools for trustee boards.

Governance

These are some of the most important documents that an organisation needs if it wants to have a healthy, well-run trustee board. NCVO's governance experts have written or signposted to model versions of each one.

Governance

Information on annual reports and accounts for charities, and sample documents.

A template agenda for a board meeting.

A sample code of conduct for trustees.

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Government and politics
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Government and politics
Involving volunteers

Government and politics

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Employing and managing staff
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What is a Trustee and how do you appoint them?

Governance

What is the role of a Trustee?

Governance

Find out about who your charities members are and what decisions they make

Governance

Learn about the rules around decision-making and how to go about the process of making decisions effectively

Governance

Learn about the different types of meetings and how you can work to make them effective

Governance

Learn about what the structure of the board looks like and what to consider when reviewing

Governance

Learn about what conflicts of interest are and how to work through them

Governance

Learn about what matters are reserved for the board, in what situations you can delegate and to who

Governance

Learn about how to navigate strategic and operational problems and where the responsibility is located

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Learn more about the key areas boards and trustees are responsible for

Governance

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

This one-day training course provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding leads in charities in England

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

This free webinar as part of Small Charity Week 2025, will give small charity leaders practical tips to develop and deliver a successful fundraising strategy to ensure the resilience and sustainability of their charity.

We know that increased competition for funding, shifting priorities among funders, and economic uncertainty are making trust fundraising more challenging for charities. It’s more important than ever to understand the evolving funding landscape and adapt your approach. This free event is an opportunity to network with other NCVO members in facilitated discussions. Share experiences and challenges, work through solutions together, develop new relationships and learn from your peers.

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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)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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