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Volunteers’ Week 2019 – survey We’ve already started planning for Volunteers’ Week 2020. To help us, we’d love to hear

VODG joins colleagues from across the voluntary sector in a joint letter published in the Guardian setting out practical steps

Ben Cairns, Director of IVAR, explores what ‘tech’ means for small voluntary organisations I need to start with a confession

Alex Fox OBE is the chief executive of Shared Lives Plus and was independent chair of the Joint VCSE Review,

Our recent research Start somewhere highlighted four things for funders of small voluntary organisations to think about:     If

Dr Katerina Kolyva, executive director of the Council of Deans of Health and chair of ACEVO’s Women in Leadership special interest

We’re delighted that Sport England, Pears Foundation, Greater London Authority and the Scouts Association have agreed to fund a new

NICVA was delighted to complete delivery of the East Belfast Community Capacity and Leadership Programme on 30 April 2019 with

Publication of the 2019 Civil Society Almanac We have published the 2019 edition of the Civil Society Almanac, our annual

The Corporate Volunteering Network (CVN) is a peer-to-peer networking group for individuals who work for charities and manage employee volunteering

What ACEVO will be asking when the next prime minister steps through the door of number 10 is for a

The Department of Health recently published its latest update on the ongoing work to implement the recommendations of the Inquiry

NICVA is delighted to be the first charity in NI to receive the NI Diversity and Inclusion Charter Mark. This demonstrates

Following the success of the STOMP card game, VODG is delighted to announce the launch of a new, larger version.

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Social Change Project investigated how social change happens. The research identified “the 12 habits of successful change-makers”, behaviours found

NICVA’s latest Workforce Survey has revealed that an estimated 53,620 individuals are employed within the VCSE sector in NI.

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has released its annual budget survey for 2019 which describes how

Henry Stewart, founder and chief happiness officer of Happy, makes the case for ditching annual appraisals and take a different

In our recent study looking at helping to make technology imaginable and usable for small voluntary organisations, we created a

As the Tory leadership battle dominates the headlines, current front runner Boris Johnson continues to set out plans that head

New micro charity Governance Code tool Last week was small charity week and so we have been excited to launch

Welcome to Leadership worth sharing, a podcast in which ACEVO chief executive Vicky Browning talks to civil society CEOs about their

Digital Social Care is a new dedicated space to provide advice and support to the adult social care sector on

Young people’s charity Creative Youth Network has had a growth spurt. CEO Sandy Hore-Ruthven shares what he’s learnt from the experience

The 2019 edition of the UK Civil Society Almanac has landed – and as every year it is a treasure

Welcome to our June impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services we summarise the latest news in impact

This year’s Trustees’ conference, held on 4 June 2019, was all about the Trustee Annual Report (TAR).  

Employers for Childcare launched the findings from their 10th Annual Childcare Survey yesterday in Parliament buildings. 

Today we’re launching the 2019 edition of the UK Civil Society Almanac, our comprehensive overview of facts and figures related

Founder of Bird Hannah Massarella reflects on how the way we deal we change needs to evolve to make us ‘anti-fragile’. 

The Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment recently published a briefing paper on future funding for disability employment services.

Pauline Broomhead, CBE, is founding CEO of the Foundation for Social Improvement (charity no. 1123384), the organisation behind Small Charity

Volunteers’ Week Volunteers’ Week is over for another year, and what a fantastic week it was! Hundreds of events took

Menai Owen-Jones, CEO of The Pituitary Foundation and trustee of ACEVO, writes about the importance of real, in person, and

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including the Conservative leadership election, what might

As part of our recent review of the Wellcome Trust’s Public Engagement Fund, we have been thinking about what it

Simon Hoare MP has been confirmed as the new chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.

In a letter to the editor of The Times VODG chief executive Dr Rhidian Hughes summarises the concerns of over

Over 40 social care sector charities call on the Joint Committee on Human Rights to question the Care Quality Commission

With councils hamstrung by cuts, innovative voluntary sector organisations are finding different ways of helping people says Rhidian Hughes, VODG’s

In February, NICVA and the Research and Enterprise Directorate at QUB hosted their first ever joint event on facilitating community

It has been an uncomfortable start of the week for those of us who work and volunteer in charities, and

ACEVO’s head of policy, Kristiana Wrixon, reflects on Labour’s new civil society strategy Yesterday Steve Reed, the shadow civil society

Everyone has the right to feel safe and people can only thrive when they operate in a respectful and tolerant

ACEVO and Centre for Mental Health’s report on bullying in the charity sector does not make comfortable reading, writes Vicky

Done right, employee incentives can play a significant role in attracting and retaining talented employees and keeping them focused and

NICVA works to help to build the capacity of organisations in the voluntary and community sector to be resilient and

NICVA has joined with our colleagues in the Brexit and Human Rights Working Group to warn that we are on

Each year, I see Volunteers’ Week get bigger and bigger and this year’s 35th Volunteers’ Week is no different. More

Matt Morrison is a Data Protection Lead at Protecture and has been working in data protection for 12 years, primarily

  As Head of Volunteering at Sport England Kristen leads on managing the 38 projects across their Volunteering Funds and

The NHS Long Term plan this year made a commitment to supporting young people to volunteer in health settings –

The Cliff Edge NI Coaltion is a group of over 70 organisations in NI who have joined together to express

Peter Gilheany, director at Forster Communications, writes about why charities need to pay attention to the connection of external and

In May, NCVO Communications trainee officer, Rosie, brought us to her home turf in Hampshire. Here we gathered forty local

Today, as we celebrate the corporate, skills-based and employer-supported day of Volunteers’ Week, we’re launching our NCVO research report on

Welcome to Leadership worth sharing, a podcast in which ACEVO chief executive Vicky Browning talks to civil society CEOs about their

In this Volunteers’ Week 2019 we want to recognise, celebrate and thank all of the volunteers in Northern Ireland.

Look around you. Did you know that half the people you can see gave their time for others in some

ACEVO’s communications officer Heloisa Righetto raises the flag for period-friendly workplaces and talks about why period-friendly policies are part of

Safeguarding Training Fund: what users have told us As announced in one of my previous blogs, NCVO is leading a

Are you running an event, conference, meeting or training session over the Summer? Then be sure to take a look

NICVA is delighted to be working with a strong, experienced delivery team for its first ILM level 7 Award in

Claire Penney, senior marketing executive at Charity Bank, takes a look at how some charities and social enterprises have used

Today we launch a call for evidence to better understand competition and collaboration between large and small voluntary organisations bidding

‘Give power to young people to take action. Young people have the answers to many of the problems society is

Police are urging members of the public to be vigilant after more than £40,000 was fraudulently taken from four people

NICVA’s latest survey of Charitable Giving in Northern Ireland shows that donations have fallen since 2017 but that digital giving

Our fifth and final Data Protection Animation Series video looks at what should be considered when sharing data with others or

Welcome to our May impact round-up. Each month at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services, we summarise the latest news in impact

After months of speculation, and in the face of what are expected to be dire European election results for the

The Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s Social Change Project investigated how social change happens. The research identified “the 12 habits of successful change-makers”, behaviours found

On the 31st of May and 1st of June 2019 history will be made, when the first multi-event Trans Pride

Following the election on 2 May, Councils across Northern Ireland have been holding annual general meetings to elect positions of

Scheme of delegation new templates We are pleased to launch a new set of templates as part of our board

A joint statement by Voluntary Organisations Disability Group, Learning Disability England, Shared Lives Plus and Association of Mental Health Providers

The premature deaths of people with a learning disability highlighted by the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review continues to report a

Charity bank statements, instructions on how to play Bridge and a grant application are just some of the unexpected information

Between us, our team of 10 staff and 30 associates at NCVO Charities Evaluation Services must have done many hundreds

Volunteers’ week 2019: Ten days to go! It’s just ten days to go until Volunteers’ Week 2019! We now have

The Care Quality Commission has published interim findings from their review of the use of restrictive interventions in places that

It’s clear that over the last few years digital developments have been changing the way volunteer managers are interacting with

In principle, your Annual General Meeting should be about engagement, accountability and procedure. But if it doesn’t deliver that in

It has been a number of weeks now since Brexit has solely dominated the news headlines. It seems to have gone relatively

Giving in the UK CAF have published the latest edition of their UK giving report, looking at giving behaviour in

We need to look at how we do what we do in the charity sector. Pursuing our cause alone, by

NICVA is recruiting a Finance Assistant to fill a vacancy in our Finance team. Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 3 June 2019

As NCVO marks its centenary this year, we have been reflecting on a century of voluntary action, what charities have

Last week, NICVA hosted an information and networking event for organisations from the ethnic minority sector.

Community connections and collaboration with local partners are among the unique benefits of voluntary sector social care providers, according to

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is sweeping the world with rapid advances in technologies which will fundamentally alter the way we

Our latest update on what’s going on in Westminster that might impact charities, including why there might be an opportunity

Welcome to Leadership worth sharing, a podcast in which ACEVO chief executive Vicky Browning talks to civil society CEOs about their

ACEVO CEO Vicky Browning talks about what ACEVO have been doing over the last 12 months to increase diversity and

The funding and payment of overnight sleep in work has created huge uncertainty for staff and employers alike in recent

Granting long-stay hospitals responsibility for care commissioning will create serious conflicts of interest, warns the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG).

Do you feel confident to manage one of the most contemporary risks to your charity – a cyber attack? Kate

The Department of Health recently published its consultation analysis report on the reconfiguration of health and social care services in

If everyone thinks diversity is such a good thing, why is there so little of it around in the charity

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted in September 2015 by 193 member states