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Getting volunteer insurance

Understand what insurance your organisation needs if it involves volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Choosing and implementing a volunteer management system

Guidance on choosing a system to help you recruit, train, engage and retain your volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Recruiting and welcoming volunteers

Practical guidance to help you recruit and induct volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Recruiting volunteers

How to run volunteer recruitment and where to find the volunteers you need

  • Involving volunteers

Develop your role

Important things to consider when creating a new volunteer role

  • Involving volunteers

Find volunteers

Advertise your role and attract the right volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Manage applications and organise interviews

Make sure your application and interview processes are accessible and fair

  • Involving volunteers

Appoint volunteers

Carry out the appropriate checks and let volunteers know if they've been successful

  • Involving volunteers

Volunteers who claim benefits

How volunteering affects volunteers who claim benefits and how you can support them

  • Involving volunteers

Volunteers from overseas

The rules about volunteers from overseas, including who can and can’t volunteer and what the restrictions are

  • Involving volunteers

Government policy and funding round-up: January 2023

This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements

  • Funding and income
  • Government and politics

The challenges of charity banking

Banking is often one of the greatest day-to-day challenges faced by charities. Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante explores the issue in more detail, and shares details of a new NCVO project

  • Financial management

Practical support bulletin: January 2023

Amy Walton, small charity support manager, shares resources, free events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities.

  • Funding and income
  • Financial management
  • Responding to crises

The Road Ahead 2023: The ongoing impact of cost of living

In the first of our Road Ahead series, we consider what the cost of living crisis could mean for us all in the months ahead

  • Responding to crises

The Road Ahead 2023: Supporting staff, trustees and volunteers

As part of our Road Ahead series, we explore the issues affecting the people at the heart of our organisations

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Governance
  • Involving volunteers

The Road Ahead 2023: Keeping up the pace on equity, diversity and inclusion

In this Road Ahead article, we reflect on our shared commitment to better reflect and engage with the communities we serve

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Road Ahead 2023: Adapting to political change

As part of our Road Ahead series, we consider how the voluntary sector responds to continuing political turbulence

  • Government and politics

The Road Ahead 2023: Responding to new laws and regulations

In the last of our Road Ahead series, we shine a spotlight on new laws and regulations that may affect you

  • Law and regulation

The Big Help Out: Why it matters and how to get involved

What you need to know about the Big Help Out: a campaign to get more people volunteering

  • Involving volunteers

Impact round-up: Winter 2023

Evaluation consultant Carol Jennions looks at wellbeing evaluation and shares useful resources alongside some exciting new training opportunities

  • Impact and evaluation

Key duties of regulated bodies

Key duties of regulated bodies to safeguard adults at risk

  • Safeguarding

Key duties of individuals

Key duties of individuals for safeguarding adults at risk

  • Safeguarding

Key offences

Key offences that can cause harm to adults at risk

  • Safeguarding

Safeguarding people from involvement in terrorism

How charities can ensure their premises, staff, volunteers and other resources can’t be used for activities that may, or appear to, support or condone terrorism

  • Safeguarding

Overview

The definition of the Terrorism Act and what the Charity Commission expects of charities and volunteer organisations

  • Safeguarding

Key duties

The key duties of charities and volunteer organisations to safeguard against involvement in terrorism

  • Safeguarding

Key offences

Terrorist offences that may affect charities and voluntary organisations

  • Safeguarding

Safeguarding people at risk of domestic abuse

Helping people at risk of domestic abuse to receive appropriate protection

  • Safeguarding

Overview

How the law encourages public bodies to ensure that individuals affected by domestic abuse are supported and perpetrators are held accountable

  • Safeguarding

Legal definition of domestic abuse

How the law defines domestic abuse

  • Safeguarding

APPG on Charities and Volunteering: local partnership working

Join us for a discussion on the future of partnership working between local government and civil society.

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

This course will give trustees an overview and understanding of charity governance, regulation and best practice

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

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

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Learn how to create an evaluation plan to better understand and demonstrate the difference your work makes

Charity finance skills (1 day)

This course will help people with little or no financial background to feel confident in managing day-to-day charity finance

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

This course will introduce processes and tools to help ensure that decision-making is responsive to your environment and focused on the most important issues affecting your organisation

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

All voluntary organisations have a duty to keep the people they work with safe from harm. This course introduces the basics of safeguarding within a charity context in England and highlights effective safeguarding practice

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

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

Special volunteering network meeting: Keep volunteering voluntary

A network open to all NCVO members working within the volunteering ecosystem. Have your say on the government's consultation on making volunteering a tool in its immigration proposals.

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

This course will equip managers in the voluntary sector with the skills and techniques they need to effectively manage paid members of staff