Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Health and Safety Information, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information about monitoring and evaluation, Information and training about safeguarding, Information on being an employer, Information on charities and charity law, Information on legal structures, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information on managing money, Information on setting up a company, Quality Assurance System providers, Training for community groups
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Advice about equality and diversity, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information on being an employer
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Have a section on their website that covers all areas of Equality.
Provide information about the responsibilities involved in being an employer.
Run a helpline for employers and employees about employment rights and rules.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information about social media
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Allsorts have produced a useful guide to Digital & Social Media including an E-safety policy.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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They have gathered sample policies from local LGBT organisations and produced a Policy Toolkit to help organisations wishing to develop their own policies.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information on running a group, Quality Assurance System providers
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Provide a range of guides on quality assurance, monitoriing and evaluation, including PQASSO (Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations). Some resources are free to download from their website.
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Finding volunteers, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Help with fundraising, Information about managing volunteers, Information on funding sources, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information on running a group, Networking and finding other community groups, One to one support with managing money, Providers of example equal opportunities policies, Statistics and data, Training for community groups, Training in book-keeping
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Voting equipment
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Community Works runs the following projects for the voluntary sector in Brighton & Hove:
- A network of elected representatives, who speak on behalf of the sector at council and strategic partnership meetings.
- Six-monthly conferences and other networks where community and voluntary groups can get together and share experiences, information and views
- Volunteer Centre services:
- You can advertise volunteer opportunities on the Community Works website.
- They have a good practice guide for community groups who work with volunteers. It includes sample forms and policies for groups to adapt.
- Regular forum for volunteer managers.
- Face to face appointments every Thursday at the Job Centre and Community Works offices for people seeking volunteer work (book in advance on vcadvice@bhcommunityworks.org.uk or 01273 234860)
- Support for trustees and management committee members
- Business skills volunteering, which brokers relationships between voluntary groups and businesses
- A programme of training courses
- A mentoring scheme
- One-to-one consultancy
- A funding bid reading service
- A bank of sample policies and procedures, to help larger organisations develop their own policies.
- free half-hour one-to-one advice surgeries on any topic. These run on the last Tuesday of each month, between 2pm and 4.30pm. You need to book in advance - email info@bhcommunityworks.org.uk or call 01273 234023
They have an electronic voting system which is available to hire. This consists of hand-held pads which can be used by people in a meeting to vote. The results are then displayed instantly on a laptop. They also have a wooden ballot box, which groups can borrow.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Health and Safety Information, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information on being an employer, Information on legal issues, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups, Information about managing volunteers, Risk Assessment (Financial and Organisational), Risk Assessment (Health and Safety / Fire)
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Produce a 5 step guide to risk assessment, available online. Also publish a range of health and safety publications, including a guide to drawing up a Safety Policy and Accident Report forms.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information and training about safeguarding, Information on running childrens groups
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The NSPCC Consultancy services provide support and advice to community organisations working with children.
They also have a wide range of publications on child protection and safeguarding children on their website.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Fundraising ideas and information, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information on producing financial and business plans, Information on running a group
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This site provides a range of sample policies, successful fundraising applications, employment contracts and other information. To view the documents you have to register, but there is no cost.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information and training about safeguarding, Information on running childrens groups
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Provide a Safeguarding guide for trustees
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Help with developing a safeguarding policy, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information and training about safeguarding, Quality Assurance System providers, Training for community groups, Umbrella bodies for DBS checking
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Safety Net is a charity that provides training and support for community groups around safeguarding.
They run safeguarding training for community groups, and offer support with developing safeguarding policies. You can arrange a one-to-one session to write a safeguarding policy. This costs £30 for small groups.
They offer a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) application service.
They run a free monthly DBS advice surgery for groups that are members of Community Works, on the first Thursday of every month. You need to book a half-hour slot in advance. If you are using Safety Net for your DBS applications, you can also bring forms and ID documents for checking at the surgery.
They can help organisations use the Simple Quality Protects tool to assess the quality of their work and services.
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Help with developing constitutions and sample constitutions, Help with developing policies and sample policies, Help with fundraising, Help with project planning
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Help with developing policies and sample policies
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Help with developing policies and sample policies, Information about managing volunteers, Information on being an employer, Information on managing community and voluntary sector groups
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Website has a comprehensive set of information sheets with guidance on running a voluntary sector organisation. They also publish a set of information sheets on employing staff.
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Subscription website which provides information sheets for community groups on a wide range of issues. Also provide consultancy to community organisations, including one-to-one support on becoming a company or Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), and run a Quality Assurance scheme.