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
How to support your staff to take part in volunteering opportunities
How to develop effective learning and development plans
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.
Use this page to learn about how to broadly encourage positive trustee relationships and manage disputes.
Learn about the types of changes you can make to your governing document and the related rules
Guidance on how to find and welcome new charity trustees
All trustees are responsible for shaping the culture of their board and charity
Learn about how to navigate strategic and operational problems and where the responsibility is located
Learn which decisions stay with the board, what you can delegate and to who.
Learn about what conflicts of interest are and how to work through them
Learn about the different types of meetings and how you can work to make them effective
Learn about what governance is and how it applies to charities
What organisations are expected or obliged to do when concerns are raised