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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

All about grants

Guidance to help you prepare for your first grant application

  • Funding and income

NCVO statement on the death of Her Majesty The Queen

The inside track: September 2022

Our latest update on what’s happening in Westminster that might impact charities. This month sees a new government, with plenty for charities to think about.

  • Government and politics

Governance round-up: September 2022

NCVO’s lead governance consultant Dan Francis shares our plans for Trustees’ Week and explores our wider support offer for trustees

  • Governance

New financial measures and tax cuts don't address causes of rising costs and rising inequality

Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante responds to the government's new financial measures, calling for more funding and policy choices that prevent poverty and inequality

  • Government and politics
  • Responding to crises

Report of the Inquiry into charity senior executive pay and guidance for trustees on setting remuneration

Report of the Inquiry into charity senior executive pay and guidance for trustees on setting remuneration

  • Financial management

Volunteering round-up: September 2022

  • Involving volunteers

Government policy and funding round-up: October 2022

  • Funding and income
  • Government and politics

UK Civil Society Almanac 2022

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Governance round-up: October 2022

  • Governance

Service Directory

Our Service Directory connect members with specialists who can save our members time and money. Each specialist has experience working with charities and voluntary organisations.

  • Finance
  • People, HR and recruitment
  • IT and data protection

What is divestment?

Learn about what divestment is and the aims and impacts of divesting from fossil fuels

  • Campaigning

Deciding to set up a new charitable organisation

Access our guidance to help you decide if you should set up a new charity, voluntary organisation or community group

  • Setting up

Choosing your legal structure

What you need to consider when choosing your legal structure and the main characteristics of different legal structures

  • Setting up

Understanding charity status and registration

Find out what charity status is and if you need to register as a charity

  • Setting up

Understanding social enterprise

Find out about social enterprises and their associated legal structures

  • Setting up

A charity's governing document: What it should include

Find out what information should be included in your charity's governing document

  • Setting up

Introduction to employment law

Understand your core legal responsibilities to your employees

  • Employing and managing staff

Understanding employment law

A short summary of your general legal obligations to paid members of staff

  • Employing and managing staff

Conditions of employment

A quick introduction to employment law on the conditions of employment

  • Employing and managing staff

Advanced project management (1 day)

Are you confident in your general project management skills but looking to strengthen your expertise? This course moves beyond the basics of project management to better understand techniques, activities and principles within a charity context.

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

This one-day training course provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding leads in charities in England

Leading external engagement (2 days)

An NCVO Event

Strategic leadership (1 day)

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will elevate your strategic leadership skills, so you can create lasting impact for your organisations and the communities you serve.

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads or officers in charitable organisations.

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

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

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

Webinar: UK Civil Society Almanac 2025 launch

The Almanac is our ground-breaking data resource on the size, scope and finances of the UK’s voluntary sector.

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

This course will take you through the essentials of lawful data processing for charities and help improve your compliance with the law