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Find out what safeguarding means for your organisation

Safeguarding

What the Charity Commission expects you to do, and the main areas of activity to focus on

Safeguarding

Find out more about your legal and regulatory responsibilities in safeguarding

Safeguarding

Get advice on the safeguarding challenges of working outside the UK

Safeguarding

If you’re worried about someone right now, follow these steps to help

Safeguarding

Find out more about the project supported by the National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport

Safeguarding

Important aspects of safeguarding, including policies and procedures, roles and responsibilities, reporting and more

Safeguarding

Understand how to make safeguarding part of your everyday activities and review what you are doing

Safeguarding

Safeguarding works best when everyone is involved. Find out how to make that happen

Safeguarding

When to take checks and other recruitment steps that help keep people safe

Safeguarding

The Employment Rights Bill introduces the biggest changes to UK employment law in decades. Find out when these changes will happen and what you should be doing to get ready.

Membership body announces changes to its executive team following the arrival of new CEO, Kate Lee.

Limited measures announced, but not enough to ease financial strain on charities.

Funding and income
Government and politics

Learn about the reasons to remove a trustee and the process to go through

Governance

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

All voluntary organisations have a duty to keep the people they work with safe from harm. This course introduces the basics of safeguarding within a charity context in England and highlights effective safeguarding practice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Join us for a discussion on the future of partnership working between local government and civil society.

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What is safeguarding?

Six steps to successful safeguarding

Law, rules and duties

Working overseas

What to do if you have immediate concerns

About these safeguarding pages

Steps to a safer organisation

Safeguarding day-to-day

Getting people involved

Choosing staff, volunteers and trustees

Employment Rights Bill: what charities need to know

Updates to NCVO’s executive team

What the Autumn 2025 Budget means for your charity

Removing trustees

The legal duties of trustees

Trustee disqualification

The rules on trustee disqualification

Updated conditions in the Charities Act 2016

Applying to stop disqualification

Developing your trustees skills

Making changes to governing documents

Equality, diversity and inclusion at board level

Explaining equality, diversity and inclusion

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

APPG on Charities and Volunteering: local partnership working

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Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Charity trustee induction and refresher (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Charity finance skills (1 day)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Designated safeguarding leads in charities (1 day)

Data protection essentials (2 x 0.5 days)

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