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How to write a volunteer agreement without creating an employment contract

Involving volunteers

What to include in volunteer induction training to help new volunteers get started

Involving volunteers

Guidance on how to support, engage and manage your volunteers

Involving volunteers

How to support, supervise and get feedback from volunteers to improve their experience

Involving volunteers

How to keep volunteers engaged and retain them at your organisation

Involving volunteers

How to recognise and address problems or issues with your volunteers

Involving volunteers

How to dismiss a volunteer with fairness when other ways to solve a problem haven’t worked

Involving volunteers

Find out how other organisations have developed ways to engage young people in their volunteer programmes.

Guidance on training, accrediting and thanking volunteers

Involving volunteers

How to thank your volunteers and show you appreciate their efforts

Involving volunteers

Coronavirus
Involving volunteers

Read our latest round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and written guidance.

Governance

In this edition, Sandy Chidley, senior consultant, spotlights opportunities in impact and evaluation and shares useful evaluation resources and training opportunities

Impact and evaluation

Our survey of more than 10,000 people provides the most detailed analysis of volunteering for a decade

Digital and technology
Involving volunteers

Building on existing work on corporate volunteering, this report looks at employer-supported volunteering through the eyes of the volunteer

Employing and managing staff
Involving volunteers

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.

Government and politics

Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees

Governance

We explain what dormant assets are, how they could support communities and how you can help make that happen.

Law and regulation

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis

Government and politics
Responding to crises

Guidance around safeguarding vulnerable clients and volunteers

Involving volunteers

Advice on DBS checks for volunteers and volunteer involving organisations

Involving volunteers

Guidance and policies to consider when using volunteer drivers

Involving volunteers

Guidance on copyright and volunteers

Involving volunteers

A free online tool for volunteer-involving groups and organisations

Involving volunteers

Read our top tips for how your organisation can make volunteering inclusive for disabled people.

Guidance to help you prepare for your first grant application

Funding and income

Guidance to help you decide if applying for a grant is the best option

Funding and income

What you need to apply for a grant

Funding and income

Learn about what a grant fund is and how it works

Funding and income

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.

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

This course will help you implement structures and processes to support trustees, and ensure systems are aligned with your organisation’s purpose and objectives

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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)

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

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