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What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
Guidance on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award.
Nominating someone for an honour, setting up a charity, community participation
Find out about your responsibilities to keep everyone who comes into contact with your charity safe from harm: this includes volunteers, staff and beneficiaries.
DCMS invites applications from grant makers to administer up to £1.7m funding on volunteering projects in 2021/22 and welcomes additional match funding to 2023.
The government has pledged £750 million to ensure VCSE can continue their vital work supporting the country during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, including £200 million for the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, along with an additional £150 million from dormant bank...
Information on how to stay safe and healthy during travel abroad.
Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums for disadvantaged areas.
This guidance aims to help organisations and groups understand how to safely and effectively involve volunteers.
262 charities, youth groups and museums across the UK recognised for their outstanding work.
This series brings together all the releases of the Community Life Survey.
This guidance sets out information for organisations that deliver charitable activities on how to safeguard people from harm or abuse
Million Hours Fund application guidance.
Nominate a group of volunteers for The King's Award for Voluntary Service including eligibility and supporting a nomination.
The role of voluntary organisations in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies.
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