Business planning and strategy

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News and insights (7)
Help and guidance (32)
Training and events (14)

How to navigate your market and customer base

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market analysis section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research and testing section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the operational planning section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the people, management and governance section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the impact section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the cost and income structure section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the financial forecasts section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the risk map section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Employing and managing staff
Business planning and strategy
Impact and evaluation

Business planning and strategy

Business planning and strategy

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

Business planning and strategy
Involving volunteers

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

Digital and technology
Business planning and strategy
Funding and income

Business planning and strategy
Impact and evaluation
Consultancy

Business planning and strategy

Find out about how to write your business plan for your organisation

Business planning and strategy

Writing the title page section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the content page section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the executive summary of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing about your organisation in your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing about what your organisation does in your business plan

Business planning and strategy

How to navigate your market and customer base

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market analysis section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Writing the market research and testing section of your business plan

Business planning and strategy

Join us for the launch of the Road Ahead 2025. Get insights on the forces and trends that will shape and impact the voluntary sector this year.

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

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 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 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

Learn how to create your own theory of change and narrative. This course will challenge you to think critically about what you're doing and why

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 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

Business planning and strategy

Our market

Market analysis

How we reach our market

Market research and testing

Operational plan

People, management and governance

Our impact

Cost and income structure

Financial forecasts

Risk map

Planning for tomorrow's workforce

Charities must do more than survive, they must change too

NCVO consults staff on restructure proposals

Practical support bulletin: March 2024

Practical support bulletin: May 2024

Overcoming sticking points in strategy development: A conversation with Sini and Sam

The importance of project management in the voluntary sector

Writing your business plan

Title page

Contents page

Executive summary

About your organisation

What we do

Our market

Market analysis

How we reach our market

Market research and testing

The Road Ahead 2025 launch

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

Strategic planning: tools for decision making (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Theory of change for strategic planning and evaluation (1 day)

Advanced project management (1 day)

Leading through change (2 days)

Charity finance strategy (1 day)

Project management in the voluntary sector (2 days)