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Understand the issue you need to focus on

Understanding the issues experienced by individuals or organisations you want to work with, people you want to influence, or environments you want to affect change in is the starting point for impact planning

  • Impact and evaluation

Writing an evaluation brief

Information you need before you write your evaluation brief and what to include once you get started

  • Impact and evaluation

Creating an evaluation budget

Learn about how to create an evaluation budget

  • Impact and evaluation

Using planning tools

  • Impact and evaluation

Using evaluation planning tools

Learn about the different planning tools you can use to help you find out what difference you want to make

  • Impact and evaluation

Creating a planning triangle

Learn how to create your own evaluation planning triangle

  • Impact and evaluation

Examples of planning triangles

Examples of evaluation planning triangles in different organisations

  • Impact and evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation frameworks

Learn how to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework and see some examples

  • Impact and evaluation

Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework

Learn about how to create a monitoring and evaluation framework

  • Impact and evaluation

Examples of monitoring and evaluation frameworks

View what some monitoring and evaluation frameworks look like for different organisations

  • Impact and evaluation

Time to flex: Embracing flexible working

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Equity, diversity and inclusion

The Road Ahead 2022

  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises
  • Government and politics

UK Civil Society Almanac 2021

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Levelling up: The role of charities and volunteering

  • Government and politics
  • Involving volunteers

Charities Bill: Lords Second Reading

  • Government and politics

Where power lies: How lived experience is engaged in voluntary sector governance and decision-making

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Governance

Rebalancing the Relationship: Final report

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

Rebalancing the relationship: emerging findings and draft recommendations

  • Employing and managing staff
  • Collaboration

The Road Ahead 2021

  • Funding and income
  • Coronavirus
  • Responding to crises

Time Well Spent: Diversity and volunteering

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Involving volunteers

Working with the CEO

How trustees can work with their organisation's CEO to ensure good safeguarding

  • Safeguarding

Responsibilities of a designated safeguarding lead

The responsibilities of a designated safeguarding lead and how they can ensure good practice

  • Safeguarding

What does the role include?

What are the roles and responsibilities of a designated safeguarding lead?

  • Safeguarding

Who can be designated safeguarding lead?

A guide to safeguarding leads and who is best suited to the role

  • Safeguarding

Skills and abilities needed for the role

Guidance on what skills a designated safeguarding lead needs

  • Safeguarding

Training and development

Find out more about what training a designated safeguarding lead can undertake

  • Safeguarding

Supervision and support

Supervision can mean different things to different people but essentially it’s an activity that gives you an opportunity to reflect upon your practice

  • Safeguarding

Resources for designated safeguarding leads

A collection of safeguarding resources for designated safeguarding leads

  • Safeguarding

Prevention and your safeguarding plan

Creating a safeguarding plan to ensure policies and procedures are being followed

  • Safeguarding

Responding to safeguarding concerns

Guidance on responding to concerns around safeguarding

  • Safeguarding

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

Authentic leadership (1 day)

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will strengthen your understanding of authentic leadership, so you can lead with integrity and impact

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

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

Tools and methods for measuring outcomes (1 day)

Get an introduction to data collection methods and practical guidance for evaluating your work

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

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