News & Resources
This page is intended to signpost you to FREE tools and resources that will help you manage your Charity or group better and save you a lot of time and effort. It is aimed at small to medium sized voluntary organisations, the Manager or Management Committee.
These links and tools are offered to you in the spirit of sharing good things and Diane West does not accept any responsibility for the quality and content of any sites or resources listed below, to whether they are the most suitable for your particular organisation or circumstance.
Human Resources Tools
The Governance Hub have devised a HR Bank of policies and procedures that people have volunteered and up loaded.....take your pick!
Finance & Fundraising Tools
Local Community Accountancy Services can offer - advice on managing finance and doing Payrol for staff really cheaply (about £6-£10 per employee per month!!!) Click on the following link to find one near you!
Legal Structures
Are you wanting to register as a Charity or Company Limited by Guarantee? The Charity Commission have produce a great range of information leaflets including model Memorandum and Articles of Association. Another useful one I use is a guidance leaflet on using a Fundraiser.
If you are looking for a specialist in this area.....
CHARLIE CATTELL SOCIAL ECONOMY CONSULTANCY
Management Commitee/ Trustees
Charity Trustee Networks - support for committee members
This following website is brand new and offers to help you find NEW Management Committee Members .....
Information Technology
A recent discovery for me.....Dropbox. Web based storage for all your files, photos etc FREE. Also you download it to your laptop and PC and it will update them all when you next go online. You can also invite colleagues to 'share a file' and if they have downloaded it too it will up date their folder when you have worked on it when they go online - great eh!! Did I say it was free?