We support charities and community groups with developing best practice and policies and procedures.
We produce a range of information sheets but if you can’t find what you are looking for or need additional advice and information, please get in touch.
Getting Started
- Starting up a community group
- Community Enterprise and Cooperatives (Updated 2020)
- Structures for setting up your organisation
- Model constitution (Updated 2020)
- Registering as a charity (Updated 2020)
Running your Group
- What is a Committee? (Updated 2020)
- The role of Chairperson
- The Role of a Secretary
- The Role of a Treasurer
- Opening a group bank account
- Organising your AGM (Updated 2020)
- Closing down an organisation (Updated 2020)
- Writing a Business Plan
- Equal Opportunities Policy Template (please download and save / make a copy to your own files)
- Risk Assessment (Updated 2020)
- Health and Safety
- Support for Charity Trustees – short video guides
*St John’s Ambulance are offering free first aid awareness sessions – find out more here.
Data protection and communications
- Data protection and GDPR for charities and community groups (Updated 2020)
- How to comply with GDPR (Updated 2020)
- Inclusive communication (Updated 2022)
- Website Privacy Policy template (Updated 2020)
Legal advice and insurance
- Where to go for legal advice (Updated 2020)
- Insurance for community groups (Updated 2020
Funding & Finance
- First Steps to Fundraising (Updated 2020)
- Proving the Need for Your Work (Updated 2020)
- Aims Outcomes and Outputs
- Organising your Funding Information (Updated 2020)
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Fundraising (Updated 2020)
- Grant Funding from Trusts and Foundations (Updated 2020)
- Funding Jargon Buster (Updated 2020)
- Getting Support from Companies (Updated 2020)
- Funding Toolkits (Updated 2020)
- Common Funding Mistakes….And How To Avoid Them! (Updated 2020)
- Monitoring and Evaluating your Project
- Sustainable Income (Updated 2020)
- Full Cost Recovery (Updated 2020)
Volunteering
- How to develop a Volunteering Opportunity (Updated 2020)
- Digital volunteering (Updated 2020)
- Volunteer Management best practice guide
- Best practice in recruiting and retaining volunteers
Safeguarding
- DBS Checks (Updated 2021)
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy Template
- Useful information on safeguarding 2018
- Simple Child Protection Policy Template