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Volunteering, tax and national insurance

Learn about the tax and national insurance implications for volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Volunteering and health and safety

Guidance on the health and safety measures you need to put in place when working with volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Insurance and volunteers

Guidance on arranging insurance for volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations

  • Involving volunteers

Safeguarding, vulnerable clients and DBS

Guidance around safeguarding vulnerable clients and volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Disclosure and barring service (DBS)

Advice on DBS checks for volunteers and volunteer involving organisations

  • Involving volunteers

Volunteer drivers

Guidance and policies to consider when using volunteer drivers

  • Involving volunteers

Copyright and volunteers

Guidance on copyright and volunteers

  • Involving volunteers

Investing in volunteers (IiV) Essentials

A free online tool for volunteer-involving groups and organisations

  • Involving volunteers

Making volunteering more inclusive for disabled people

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

Funding and income

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

  • Funding and income

Governance round-up: February 2022

  • Governance
  • Law and regulation

Government policy and funding round-up: February 2022

  • Government and politics
  • Funding and income
  • Governance

What can charities learn from the Charity Commission's Kids Company report?

  • Governance
  • Law and regulation

How we delivered a programme evaluation with partners Rocket Science

  • Impact and evaluation
  • Collaboration

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund: What needs to happen next

  • Government and politics
  • Funding and income

Charities must do more than survive, they must change too

  • Business planning and strategy

Levelling up White Paper: What it means for charities and volunteering

  • Government and politics
  • Funding and income
  • Involving volunteers

Volunteering round-up: January 2022

  • Involving volunteers
  • Funding and income
  • Safeguarding

Governance round-up: January 2022

  • Governance

The Road Ahead 2022: Finding a new practicality through uncertain times

  • Law and regulation
  • Government and politics
  • Coronavirus

Understanding the law on safeguarding

Find out about the key legal sources that we refer to in this guide

  • Safeguarding

Charities’ general duties of care

Find out where charities' duties of care can arise from and who they might affect

  • Safeguarding

A charity’s duty to have liability insurance

The key duties for charities and volunteer organisations regarding insurance

  • Safeguarding

A charity’s duty to report safeguarding issues

Find out about the Charity Commission's expectations for reporting incidents

  • Safeguarding

A charity’s duty to not discriminate or harass

The Charity Commission's recommended steps that your organisation can take

  • Safeguarding

Trustees’ safeguarding duties

Find out about the specific role that trustees can play in safeguarding

  • Safeguarding

Safeguarding children

Find out about the key Acts and treaties designed to protect children

  • Safeguarding

Overview

Key areas of law to be aware of if you or your organisation is responsible for safeguarding children or young people

  • Safeguarding

General duties to safeguard children

Duties of various bodies to protect children and young people

  • Safeguarding

Key duties of public bodies

Key duties of public bodies for safeguarding children or young people

  • Safeguarding

Member forum: The Civil Society Covenant

Learn more about the Civil Society Covenant, and the steps to implement it, in this free event.

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

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

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

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

Introduction to EDI in charities (2 x 0.5 days)

This course introduces the key principles of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and how to apply them to your organisation

Financial governance for trustees (0.5 day)

This course will revisit the core financial duties of a charity trustee and explore what it means to practice good financial governance

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

Volunteering network meeting

A network open to all NCVO members working within the volunteering ecosystem. Join us to discuss your volunteering challenges and work with the group to find solutions.

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

This course provides an introduction to the key principles of good volunteer management and how to apply them in your organisation

Influencing parliament and government (2 x 0.5 days)

Gain a clear understanding of the UK political system, the points of access and influence. Get top tips about what works and what to avoid.