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Involving volunteers

Read our latest round-up for trustees and governance professionals, with useful sector updates, training courses and written guidance.

Governance

In this edition, Sandy Chidley, senior consultant, spotlights opportunities in impact and evaluation and shares useful evaluation resources and training opportunities

Impact and evaluation

Our survey of more than 10,000 people provides the most detailed analysis of volunteering for a decade

Involving volunteers
Digital and technology

Building on existing work on corporate volunteering, this report looks at employer-supported volunteering through the eyes of the volunteer

Involving volunteers
Employing and managing staff

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.

Government and politics

Governance consultant Sally Stephens shares updates on the Charities Act and the Charity Governance Code, along with some exciting training opportunities for trustees

Governance

We explain what dormant assets are, how they could support communities and how you can help make that happen.

Law and regulation

Responding to crises
Government and politics

Voluntary sector partners joint statement on the cost of living crisis

Responding to crises
Government and politics

A sample redundancy policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample retirement policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample shared parental leave policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A guide to help you develop a sickness absence policy and procedure for your organisation

A sample stress policy, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

A sample whistleblowing policy and procedure, designed for small charities and voluntary organisations

Guidance on the steps you should take when recruiting and inducting paid members of staff

Employing and managing staff

Guidance on designing a new role within your organisation

Employing and managing staff

Guidance to help you decide how and where to advertise a role

Employing and managing staff

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

This course will introduce processes and tools to help ensure that decision-making is responsive to your environment and focused on the most important issues affecting your organisation

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

This course will develop your skills and help you use a marketing approach to recruit volunteers

Get an overview of the key tasks and considerations when creating a volunteer strategy. Learn how to develop a strategy that compliments your business plan and create a framework for building success

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

This course will help you to manage conflict and problem solve with your volunteers, and navigate the process of ending volunteering well.

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

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 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

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Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

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

Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Developing a volunteer strategy (1 day)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Managing conflict and ending volunteering well (0.5 day)

Safeguarding essentials for trustees (0.5 day)

Safeguarding essentials in charities (1 day)

Authentic leadership (1 day)

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