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Find out about our services, the way we operate and how we champion voluntary action

We’re the membership community for charities, voluntary organisations and community groups in England

Find out how we can support you, from support for small charities and training to consultancy and corporate relations

We offer a range of training courses designed to help you do what you do best

This flexible, interactive course will help you understand your duties as a trustee and support you to run your charity effectively so you can make a bigger difference

A practical four-month programme for emerging charity leaders who are on their way to leading organisations

Learn about the mindset, knowledge and connections that emerging leaders need to guide the sector into the 2030s

We know small charities make a big impact with limited resource - that's why we're here to help

Ask our practical support team any question about the setting up or running of your charity or voluntary organisation.

We launched a new campaign in the summer of 2023 to help trustees and charity leaders consider the environmental impact of their charities’ investments

Campaigning

Resources, events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities

Funding and income
Governance
Cost of living

Our chief executive Sarah Vibert celebrates the start of Trustees' Week and shares our plans

Governance

Our policy and public affairs manager, Chris Walker, summarises the announcements from the King's Speech likely to impact our sector

Government and politics

Explore why diversity is a key area of reflection for your trustee board and what needs to happen to make a board truly diverse

Equity, diversity and inclusion
Governance

Read our open letter calling on the chancellor to ensure charities can continue providing essential services for communities

Funding and income
Cost of living

Why the government must act to cover the true cost of charities delivering public services

Cost of living
Funding and income

An update on what's happening in Westminster. Find out what the King’s Speech and government reshuffle means for charities

Government and politics

The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary

Involving volunteers

Lessons from Trustees’ Week 2023 and upcoming dates for your diary

Governance

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

This practical session will build your awareness of different types of reporting and support you to tell a compelling story through your reporting

Are you confident in your general project management skills but looking to strengthen your expertise? This course moves beyond the basics of project management to better understand techniques, activities and principles within a charity context.

This practical two-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will teach you how to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Learn how to successfully deliver meaningful change to improve your team or organisation

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

This advanced course is specifically for data protection leads in charitable organisations. It will prepare your organisation for new laws and obligations.

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

Our Governance Forum is a space for charity governance professionals and those who support good governance to come together, learn and network

Learn practical tools and techniques to increase your capability, confidence and impact when seeking to influence others – both within and outside your organisation

This course will give you an overview of how to build a simple finance strategy. We’ll introduce tools to help you build the financial resilience of your charity

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Recruiting volunteers (0.5 day)

Better impact reporting (0.5 day)

Advanced project management (1 day)

Leading change and transformation (2 days)

Good practice in volunteer management (1 day)

Advanced data protection (2 x 0.5 days)

Managing people in the charity sector (2 days)

Boost your personal influence and impact (0.5 day)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

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