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Practical tips on how to find the money you need for your group or charity

Funding and income

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 about how to go about writing your grant application

Guidance on preparing your budget

Funding and income

What happens after you apply for your grant

Funding and income

Basic guidance and top tips and tricks for finding grants

Funding and income

Find out about the different organisations that can help you

Funding and income

Governance
Leadership

Learn about what budgets and cashflow forecasts are and how to write a budget

Financial management

Learn about who to involve in writing your budget, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Financial management

Learn about how to build a cashflow forecast and how the cashflow process works

Financial management

Guidance on budgeting for projects and recovering costs

Financial management

Learn about direct costs and support costs for single and multiple projects

Financial management

Learn about what cost allocation and apportionment mean and how it works in practice

Financial management

Learn about what full cost recovery means and what the limitations are

Financial management

How to prepare annual accounts and a Trustees’ Annual Report and make them available on request

Financial management

Creating financial information that helps managers and trustees

Financial management

What to consider when deciding on investments

Financial management

This course has been created by The Social Justice Collective to help you understand, address and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into your governance practice

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

Being an NCVO member means being part of a community. Whether you've just joined us, or you're renewing your membership and need a refresher, join this session to meet and network with other members online

A chance to hear from regulators about their plans for the voluntary sector.

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

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

Learn how to navigate today’s toughest financial challenges facing small voluntary organisations. Discover the tools, insights, and real-world examples you need to build resilience, manage risk and lead with financial confidence.

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

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

This practical two-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will build your confidence and skills to deliver impact for yourself and your organisation. Learn who your key stakeholders are and how to use communication tools to build engagement and partnerships

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All about grants

Deciding to apply for a grant

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Understanding a grant fund

Writing your application

Preparing your budget

After you apply

How to find grants

Local funding advice and support

Saskia Konynenburg appointed Interim Chief Executive of NCVO

Defining budgets and cashflow forecasts and writing a budget

Budgeting: Who to involve, how to assess it and dealing with uncertainty

Building a cashflow forecast and understanding the cashflow process

Project budgeting and full cost recovery

Direct costs and support costs

Cost allocation and apportionment

Full cost recovery

External reporting

Management accounts

Investment

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in charity governance (2 x 0.5 days)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

NCVO member welcome and refresher session: July 2025

All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Charities and Volunteering

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

NCVO/Zurich webinar: navigating financial risk with confidence

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Leading external engagement (2 days)

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Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in charity governance (2 x 0.5 days)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Outcomes and impact measurement (1 day)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Leading external engagement (2 days)

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