How to approach diversity at board level
Guidance on managing relationships with and within your organisation's board
How to approach board relationship challenges and have constructive conversations
Use this page to learn about how to broadly encourage positive trustee relationships and manage disputes.
Use this page to understand how to approach challenging conversations with your board.
What to consider when carrying out a governance review and the different types of review
A collection of some of the most important sample documents, templates and tools for trustee boards.
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.
Information on annual reports and accounts for charities, and sample documents.
A template agenda for a board meeting.
Our latest update on what’s happening in Westminster that might impact charities. This month sees a new government, with plenty for charities to think about.
NCVO’s lead governance consultant Dan Francis shares our plans for Trustees’ Week and explores our wider support offer for trustees
Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante responds to the government's new financial measures, calling for more funding and policy choices that prevent poverty and inequality
Report of the Inquiry into charity senior executive pay and guidance for trustees on setting remuneration
View what some monitoring and evaluation frameworks look like for different organisations
Learn about which evaluation method will be best for the type of evaluation work you're doing
Find out about the process of choosing evaluation methods, and what some of those common evaluation methods are
Learn about what types of interviews there are and what to consider when running interviews
Learn about how to plan for and run focus groups
Learn about the basics of questionnaire design
Learn about different creative data collection methods and when they can be used
Learn what secondary data is and how to find it
Learn about how to generate evaluation findings and to report clearly in an appropriate format
Learn about how to analyse quantitative data