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• Sir Stuart Etherington's 2019 state of the sector address to NCVO Annual Conference delegates

  Introduction – where we’ve come from Good morning. Thank you for joining us today. I’d like to begin by asking you to cast your mind back a little over one hundred years, to the time of the first...

• The sailing trips for disabled people

  The East Anglian Sailing Trust provides regular sailing sessions for disabled adults and children. It's managed totally by volunteers without any paid staff. Each week during the summer regular...

• Safeguarding

  at your premises. These courses we run regularly all include content related to safeguarding. Volunteering and the Law Managing adult and child safeguarding in your organisation Safeguarding for...

• Trustees' Week

  13.00–14.30 This interactive session will be joined by Janet Thorne, chief executive of Reach Volunteering, to explore the application of best practice to trustee recruitment. Webinar: Leading on...

• Lords committee expresses concern over plan to charge charities, warns Charity Commission on its board appointments

  would raise its profile and help broaden the range of people able to contribute by volunteering as a trustee. For further information please contact Aidan Warner, NCVO press: 020 7520 2413 / 07980...

• Centrepoint – mentoring with young homeless people

  About the project Centrepoint has been providing housing and support to young homeless people since 1969 and is the leading provider of these services in the UK, with a strong presence in London...

• Chance UK – one-to-one mentoring for children with behavioural difficulties

  About the project Chance UK was set up in 1995 in Islington, London, to reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviour across the UK. They do this by providing one-to-one mentoring for children aged...

• Charity body launches UK’s first not-for-profit public affairs consultancy service

  for charity donations. NCVO also provides the secretariat for the APPG on Civil Society and Volunteering. For more information contact Alison Evans in NCVO’s press office on 020 7520 2473 or email...

• Certificate in Financial Sustainability

  their organisation’s or projects funding. Every individual attending needs to be working – or volunteering – within an organisation at a strategic level. We know that many people reached this level...

• Full transparency vital for trust: charity executive pay report

  issue of executive pay and draw up guidance in August 2013. NCVO champions and strengthens volunteering and civil society, with over 10,000 members, from the largest charities to the smallest...

• NCVO comment on new social action, responsibility and heroism bill

  Justin Davis Smith, executive director for volunteering and development at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, said: ‘We continue to get a lot of calls from charities and individual...

• NCVO and CES merger to proceed

  accreditation experts, who are responsible for its PQASSO quality standard, will join NCVO’s volunteering and development department. PQASSO standards are considered best-in-class for quality...

• NCVO comment on general election result

  to working with the new government on the issues that relate specifically to charities and volunteering. These include: a sensible resolution to the problems brought about by the lobbying act, a...

• Charity sector 'running to stand still' as overall financial position remains static

  the century, but has not managed to grow meaningfully since 2007/8. I believe charities and volunteering can and should continue to play a bigger role in society and we will be doing all we can to...

• Charities' letter to the prime minister on anti-advocacy clauses in grant agreements

  Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness Oonagh Aitken, Chief Executive, Volunteering Matters Jonathan Jenkins, Chief Executive, Social Investment Business Alex Fox, Chief Executive,...

• Big charities continue to grow as smaller charities struggle

  Young people’s volunteering levels show sharp increase The income of Britain’s biggest charities grew in 2013/14, while that of smaller and medium-sized charities’ decreased in real terms, new...

• Facilitators

  Professor in Leadership at South Bank University. Karl Wilding, director of public policy and volunteering, is an Honorary Visiting Fellow at Cass Business School's Centre for Charity Effectiveness....

• January 2017: The inside track

  on this power and the power to disqualify trustees, and has published new guidance . Volunteering review The government has launched an independent review of the challenges and benefits of young...

• April 2017: The inside track

  in England, Scotland and Wales, regional mayoral elections in England 11 May NCVO National Volunteering Forum 17 May Expected date for Queen’s speech 1-7 Jun Volunteers’ Week 7 Sept NCVO Campaigning...

• NCVO: Brexit will be large part of general election debate

  the coming weeks to remind politicians of all parties of the crucial role of charities and volunteering in our national life. We know that, with the right conditions, charities can make an even...