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