Help with running your organisation

Running a voluntary and community organisation can be a complicated business.

This section will hopefully help answer some of your questions or get you started on your search. This can be from managing staff and volunteers to producing legally required policies and procedures. Or maybe you just need some software that will help you with budgeting.

You can also download a brief guide covering what you will need to consider when basing an organisation in someone's home. It includes links to further useful information.

Home based organisations (Word file 139kb)

Home based organisations (PDF file 38kb)

The section covers:

Improving your organisation's performance

Keeping your organisation running as effectively and efficiently as possible

Legal Structures

Governance and the structures available to organisations

Managing Finances

Book keeping, SORP, financial policies and procedures, preparing accounts

Managing Staff

Contracts of employment and employer responsibilities under the law

Managing Volunteers

Volunteering policies, legal status, and volunteering expenses

Policies and Procedures

From health and safety, insurance and child protection to disciplinary, grievance and recruitment

Registering as a Charity

Information on registering with the Charity Commission

Please email us if you have any questions about this section. Alternatively, if you know of a great resource we should include, or if anything is missing then please do let us know.

 

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Page last reviewed: 25th January 2008