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Use this section to select the right tools to help you understand your landscape and conditions.

Business planning and strategy

A guide to help your organisation with your SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis

A guide to help organisations consider how the world is changing

A guide for your organisation to look at the priorities and impact of other organisations in your area of work

Learn about how to make good decisions and the tools that can help with this

Business planning and strategy

Find out about how to select the right tools to help you make good decisions

Business planning and strategy

A guide to help your organisation explore it's activities to assess the extent to which each contributes to value and surplus

Use this tool to help you identify the forces working for and against a particular option

Use this tool to help your organisation explore tradeoffs

Learn about how to develop your organisation's business plan

Business planning and strategy

Government and politics

Learn more about our new president, Baroness Delyth Morgan, and ambassador, Lord Simon Woolley

Inside NCVO

Government and politics

Government and politics

A round-up of the key talking points from the only national hustings dedicated to the voluntary sector

Government and politics
Campaigning

Our analysis of the election result and what it means for the voluntary sector

Government and politics

Our chief executive, Sarah Elliott, shares our vision for the sector on behalf of our members

Government and politics

Our analysis of Labour's first few days in government and what their announcements could mean for the charity sector

Government and politics

NCVO and Microsoft UK share findings from our recent artificial intelligence (AI) event – along with opportunities for ongoing learning

Collaboration
Digital and technology

The King's speech sets out the new Labour government's priorities for the months ahead, following the party's general election victory.

Government and politics

Learn about what your boards legal duties are and the considerations for each of them

Governance

Guidance to help your board learn about the rules on automatic disqualification, who this applies to and applying for waivers.

Business planning and strategy

The rules on the automatic disqualification of trustees and senior managers.

Governance

Learn what's included on trustee disqualification in the Charities Act 2016.

Governance

What the board, trustees and senior manages can do in the event of trustee disqualification.

Governance

Learn about how you can develop trustee skills

Governance

Learn about the types of changes you can make to your governing document and the related rules

Governance

Use this series of pages as an introduction to begin the process of reflecting on equality, diversity and inclusion on your board

Governance

What is equality, diversity and inclusion?

Governance

It’s important for boards to understand why they should actively consider and create the right cultural environment for individuals from marginalised and minoritised backgrounds to become trustees.

Governance

This essentials course is suitable for anyone within an organisation that handles the personal data of staff, service users, beneficiaries, volunteers, customers, members or supporters, and needs to know the basics of data protection for voluntary organisations.

This introductory course explains the key trustee responsibilities for safeguarding, following guidance from the Charity Commission

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

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

This free webinar as part of Small Charity Week 2025, will give small charity leaders practical tips to develop and deliver a successful fundraising strategy to ensure the resilience and sustainability of their charity.

We know that increased competition for funding, shifting priorities among funders, and economic uncertainty are making trust fundraising more challenging for charities. It’s more important than ever to understand the evolving funding landscape and adapt your approach. This free event is an opportunity to network with other NCVO members in facilitated discussions. Share experiences and challenges, work through solutions together, develop new relationships and learn from your peers.

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

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

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

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

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Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

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

Supporting good governance (4 x 0.5 days)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

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

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