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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.

Sample declaration of interests form for trustees

Sample trustee expenses claim form

A sample management calendar for users to adapt for their own organisations

A template risk register is a framework for identifying, assessing and recording the risks that your organisation faces

Sample role descriptions for a range of trustee roles

The management of a charity is delegated to the chief executive. This is a sample role description for a chief executive.

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

Collaboration
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

Campaigning
Government and politics

Use this page to make sure you’re meeting your data protection responsibilities.

Digital and technology

Use this to help you write your data protection policy and procedures and other related documents.

Digital and technology

How to apply for grant funding for digital and technology costs

Digital and technology

Find out about national schemes to provide charities and other organisations with digital volunteer support

Digital and technology

How to choose the right digital agency or freelancer for your charity, organisation or community group

Digital and technology

How to build a great relationship with your organisation's digital partners

Get started with digital communications, campaigns and content in the charity sector and find out who can help

Digital and technology
Campaigning

Get the basics on data and insight and why they matter to charities, organisations and community groups

Digital and technology

A guide to help your organisation with your SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis

Business planning and strategy

A guide to help organisations consider how the world is changing

Business planning and strategy

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

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

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will elevate your strategic leadership skills, so you can create lasting impact for your organisations and the communities you serve.

This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads or officers in charitable organisations.

Learn how to develop your first fundraising strategy. This course is aimed at small to medium-sized charities looking to grow their fundraising offer.

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

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Advanced project management (1 day)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

Leading external engagement (2 days)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Strategic leadership (1 day)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Developing a Fundraising Strategy (0.5 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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