How to make the most of volunteers while ensuring they don’t become workers or employees
Questions you might ask yourself if you're thinking of raising a concern.
How grant makers can contribute to better safeguarding practice
Guide to welcoming and training new volunteers
Use this page to make sure you’re meeting your data protection responsibilities.
A sample family leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations
Our policy and influencing manager Catherine Goodall talks about our work to address the gender pay gap – and explores what you can do to support change across the sector
Learn how new banking rules will affect your charity or voluntary organisation
This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements. For news related to what’s happening in parliament, see our regular inside track round-up.
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
Latest updates on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
A new research briefing published today and authored by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) examines the government’s policy response to volunteering in England, and its impact, during the covid-19 pandemic.
Useful questions you can ask when planning safeguarding training for your organisation
How to manage information and confidentiality as an infrastructure organisation
What to consider when fundraising through a third party
How to provide ongoing support to your volunteers and manage any concerns.
How the roles of CEOs and designated safeguarding leads can support each other
How trustees can work with their organisation's CEO to ensure good safeguarding
Use this page to understand why you need a plan to manage ethical risks when you use technology
How to write a volunteer agreement without creating an employment contract
How to write volunteer role descriptions that show your volunteers' roles and responsibilities
Understand how equity, diversity and inclusion affects volunteers and those they support