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Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including legislation on dormant assets and charity

The impact of the pandemic on the volunteering landscape has been extraordinary. There have been big shifts in how people

Trustee Recruitment Lifecycle Last month saw the launch of the Trustee Recruitment Lifecycle, a website developed by Reach Volunteering in

Welcome to our May round-up including information, updates and events about all things volunteering. Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June Volunteers’ Week

Develop your impact and evaluation skills Investing in skills is key for both professional and personal growth. Whether that’s focusing

The government is developing a plan for how it intends to ‘level up’ the country, with almost £5bn committed to

The first Queen’s Speech since the pandemic was always going to be low-key in terms of ceremonial proceedings, with fewer people

The Crack the Crises campaign is a call to action for our communities to work together to tackle covid-19, injustice,

Where Power Lies report publication Earlier this month we were pleased to publish Where Power Lies, a report by NCVO’s

Welcome to our April round-up including information, updates and events about all things volunteering. Updated Knowhow covid-19 guidance Find out

Over the past month, with reflections from the anniversary of the first lockdown still fresh in our minds and the

NPC report on ‘levelling up’ agenda NPC has released a new report What will ‘Levelling Up’ pay for? analysing what

Lucy is a charity leader and campaigner working to address issues of inequality, injustice and exclusion. She has worked in

On the 22 February the government published its roadmap out of national lockdown. Since the roadmap was published, we’ve been

This round-up aims to inform voluntary and public sector colleagues about national health and social care policy, with an emphasis

A generation of lockdown trustees In January, as the UK approached another national lockdown and a year of remote working,

Volunteers’ Week 1-7 June! After a fallow year in 2020, we’re back and delighted to be taking forward the campaign

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including a delay to the controversial police

Mass vaccination is a crucial part of our response to coronavirus, and the voluntary sector can play an essential role. Vaccines are

This blog was jointly written by Joanna Stuart and Laura Crawford. Joanna is an independent researcher and NCVO research associate,

Many commentators have, rightly, scorned Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s description of charity as one of ‘gentleness’. After all the issues tackled

Welcome to the first edition of our 2021 impact round-up. It’s been a year since the WHO declared a global

 Mandy James is development manager at Volunteering Matters, working to improve the impact of volunteering. Less of the barriers, more

Last week the chancellor delivered his spring budget. Since March 2020 more than 700,000 people have lost their jobs while

Anne-Marie, head of volunteering at Mencap, has worked in volunteer management within health and social care for over 20 years.

Kids Company case After a 3-year legal case, the high court dismissed claims by the Official Receiver that the CEO

Dr Jurgen Grotz is the Director of the Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including the #RightNow campaign, and Oliver Dowden’s

Updated Knowhow covid guidance  We’re looking forward to lockdown easing! We will be updating our coronavirus Involving Volunteers guidance in the coming

#RightNow campaign Wednesday saw the launch of the #RightNow campaign that NCVO is supporting along with hundreds of other charities.

Volunteering Matters and NCVO are working in partnership to develop recommendations for a National Volunteer Passporting Scheme. Over the next

What we discovered NCVO’s EDI report, the findings of which were shared last summer, provides a picture of an organisation with a toxic

Just before the end of 2020 the government published a green paper setting out reforms to procurement legislation post-Brexit. Procurement

What does a modern charity membership body do and how does it do it? Those are the questions we’ve asked

We have launched the final report of the Rebalancing the Relationship project, in partnership with ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation

Updated Knowhow covid guidance We’ve updated our coronavirus Involving Volunteers guidance to help you be clear about the national lockdown for

By Sarah Vibert and Daniel King If one thing’s clear from the last few months, it’s how fast the environment

Welcome to our third EDI round-up where we’ll be sharing what we’ve been doing, reading and thinking at NCVO over

Road Ahead 2021 This week we published our annual Road Ahead report looking at the key trends, opportunities and challenges

New Charity Governance Code launched Last month we, together with our Steering Group partners, published a new version of the

Traditionally, January is a month where we reflect on the year that has passed, celebrate our achievements, and set out

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including a return to remote parliamentary proceedings,

NCVO research: Impact of covid-19 on the sector We’ve published our latest findings from the Response, recover, reset: the voluntary

NCVO chair of trustees, Priya Singh, reflects on NCVO’s progress with equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and looks forward to the

Today, we have launched our report into diversity and volunteering, our third in a series of focused reports building on

Throughout 2020 volunteering has taken centre stage in many national conversations and in media coverage. We have seen new roles and programmes

Last week we hosted an online event for charities on the new social value framework to be applied to new

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including news about the Spending Review, the

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

When the Governance Code steering group last published an update to the Code in July 2017, we committed to reviewing

On International Volunteers Day, Karen Loftus, chief executive of Community Action Network, looks at how partnership working has proved essential

I usually use my December round-up to reflect on the last 12 months. But given the year we have had,

Welcome to the December volunteering round-up, our last one of 2020. This has been a been a hard and unique

Hollie McKee and Muireann Montague review November’s In Conversation event for members Critical collaboration In our first ever members’ In

Dr Priya Singh was elected NCVO’s chair at our 2020 annual general meeting. Here she reflects on her incoming priorities

This blog was jointly written by Daniel King and Véronique Jochum. Up-to-date research on the pandemic’s impact on voluntary organisations

Throughout this year we’ve become accustomed to Rishi Sunak delivering economic statements, but today’s spending review was arguably the most

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

Next Wednesday the chancellor will set out the government’s spending plans for the coming year. Both the unpredictable nature of

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including a promise of new funding for

Small and micro voluntary groups and organisations (annual income of less than £100,000) continue to be a beacon of hope,

This recurring blog post aims to inform voluntary and public sector colleagues about national health and social care policy, with

Voluntary Sector Impact Barometer survey The results of the first covid-19 Voluntary Sector Impact Barometer have been published, showing that:

As we come to the end of Trustees Week 2020, I thought I’d take a look back at the events

Charities and volunteers are crucial to helping people through crises such as covid-19, and they also underpin so much of

Today marks the start of Trustees’ Week 2020. In a year which has been extremely challenging for many organisations, this

Since there wasn’t a charity policy round-up for last month, some of the updates included below happened in late September.

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

Give yourself five minutes to catch up on the latest volunteering news and what’s coming up. We have updated our

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including the publication of Danny Kruger’s Levelling

Trustees Week 2020: 2 – 6 November 2020 Trustees’ Week is an annual event showcasing the great work of the

A year ago, we set out to devise a new strategic direction for NCVO: with clear priorities and refreshed values.

Welcome to the second of our EDI Round-ups. Members of our internal EDI working group will take turns to share

For the first time ever the annual Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference, held by VSSN, NCVO and BVSC on

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

September kicked off with the annual voluntary sector and volunteering research conference, co-hosted by Voluntary Sector Studies Network, Birmingham Voluntary

Over a year ago, NCVO, in partnership with the University of Birmingham and the University of Salford, started looking into

Levelling Up Our Communities report Yesterday Danny Kruger MP published a report making proposals on how best to sustain the

Sarah Vibert, director of public policy, reflects on the ‘Levelling up our communities’ report from Danny Kruger MP. Just a

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including mentions of the challenges faced by

With the controversial internal market bill receiving the backing of MPs this week, Brexit has returned to the top of

Our round-up is back, after a period of focusing on priority communications around covid-19. This recurring blog post aims to

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the

Government announces independent review of judicial review The Government has launched an independent review to examine whether there is a

Planning for a merger We know that the coming months are going to be extremely challenging for many charities. As

Welcome to the August volunteering round-up. Whilst most places across the UK have been adjusting to lockdown easing, restrictions were

Earlier in the year we explored the topic of volunteer-led mutual aid groups. Volunteering has never been more accessible and

What does the term ‘civil society’ mean to you? For some people it will conjure up images of charities and

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including the Lords covid committee, party leadership

Lloyds Bank Foundation covid recovery fund Lloyds Bank Foundation has launched a £7.4m covid fund aimed at supporting charities to

Staff at NCVO reflect on the first phase of our equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work, and their hopes for

Over the last 15 months, NCVO’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) cross-organisational working group has been driving a significant piece

The BAME network at NCVO reflect on the first phase of our equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work, and their hopes for creating

Interim chair of trustees, Anne Heal, reflects on NCVO’s work on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), what we have learnt

Karl Wilding, chief executive at NCVO, reflects on his own personal learning journey on equity diversity and inclusion (EDI), as

Publication of NCVO’s 2020 Civil Society Almanac At the beginning of the month we published the 2020 edition of the

Welcome to the July volunteering round-up. With further lockdown easing, we’ve updated our coronavirus and volunteers guidance here. It’ll continue

Update on Charity Governance Code refresh When the Code steering group published the latest version of the Charity Governance Code

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including the start of work on covid-19