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Find out about the most important documents needed for good safeguarding
Guidance on reserves policies for your charity
How a volunteer policy can benefit your organisation and what it should include
Check your organisation has the right policies and procedures in place to employ and manage staff
Sample documents, templates and guides to help you create and collate policies and procedures
Use this to help you write your data protection policy and procedures and other related documents.
This round-up will help you to stay informed about our influencing work, and any government policy and funding announcements. For news related to what’s happening in parliament, see our regular inside track round-up.
An update on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
To mark International Women’s Day 2023, our chief executive Sarah Vibert reflects on what changes are needed to encourage more women into leadership positions in the voluntary sector
Our round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and guidance
NCVO's chief executive Sarah Vibert shares learnings from our EDI report and sets out the actions we're taking to create an inclusive culture that allows everyone to thrive at work
As part of our Road Ahead series, we consider how the voluntary sector responds to continuing political turbulence
Banking is often one of the greatest day-to-day challenges faced by charities. Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante explores the issue in more detail, and shares details of a new NCVO project
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
Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees
NCVO has announced that it is hosting a new initiative called Power & Integrity (PI) – launching today – which aims to enable more coherent, integrated and impactful approaches to organisational integrity in the voluntary sector.
Today sees the launch of The Civil Society Group – an informal collaboration of organisations representing members and groups from across the charity sector and wider civil society.
Information about getting DBS checks for staff and volunteers
Making sure you’ve covered important aspects of safeguarding when fundraising
Safeguarding for onboarding, training and support
Preparing staff and volunteers so they’re ready to deal with problems when they happen
Understand how to make safeguarding part of your everyday activities and review what you are doing
If you’re worried about someone right now, follow these steps to help
Use this page to explore imagined-from-life examples which look at the ethical challenges involved in technology and what can go wrong
Learn about questions you can ask to understand your financial situation and tips for communicating this to others
What to do if you’re planning to make less than 20 employees redundant
A guide to help you develop an information technology policy for your organisation