Sector Development Resources
The Glasgow Makes Connections Resource Bank provides access to templates, guides, weblinks and contact details for support organisations within Glasgow and beyond.
The Resource Bank has been developed in partnership with the city-wide Glasgow Third Sector Capacity Building Group, which includes: Glasgow City Council, GCVS, Volunteer Glasgow, CEIS, Jobs and Business Glasgow andGlasgow Life.
Glasgow Makes Connections Partners contribute to a programme of workshops, managed by the GCVS Sector Development team, designed to support voluntary sector organisations in Glasgow.
Categories
Book Keeping, Account Management and Payroll from GCVS
GCVS Payroll and Finance services
Capacity building support from GCVS
GCVS offers advice and guidance on a variety of topics including governance, OSCR requirements, policies & procedures, support to committees and boards.
https://www.gcvs.org.uk/support-for-organisations/running-your-organisation/
CEIS Enterprise Support
Charities and Digital Media
Advice, good practice, discussion and resources from Third Sector magazine
Climate Change Glossary (GCVS)
A glossary of some of the more important terms used in Climate change discourse
Early Warning Guide from DTAS
Written for development trusts but a useful short guide for any voluntary sector organisation to ask questions and review their position – are you at risk?
Employment information from ACAS
Advice to employers and employees on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law including national minimum wage
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Information, guidance and signposting on all aspects equality and human rights.
Evaluation Tools and support from Evaluation Support Scotland
Tools and support to help measure and report on the impact your work is making – homepage
Financial Management – preparing for your charity accounts
OSCR’s guidance on financial management procedures and what is expected for charity accounts.
https://www.oscr.org.uk/managing-a-charity/charity-accounting/
Full Cost Recovery General Information from GMC
Explanation and examples of full cost recovery from Glasgow Makes Connection group
Funding Scotland
information on funding opportunities for third sector organisations in Scotland
Funding Support from GCVS
GCVS provides workshops and one to one support around finding funding.
https://www.gcvs.org.uk/support-for-organisations/funding-and-fundraising/
Fundraising: Code of Fundraising Practice
The new Code of Fundraising Practice came into force on 1 October 2019 and sets the standards that apply to fundraising carried out by all charitable institutions and third party fundraisers in the UK. It replaces the previous code, rulebooks and legal appendices.
Fundraising: OSCR guidance for charity trustees
OSCR guidance on the law around fundraising and how the self-regulation system works in Scotland and rest of the UK.
https://www.oscr.org.uk/guidance-and-forms/fundraising-guidance/
Fundraising: Scottish Fundraising Standards Panel
Independent body responsible for promoting fundraising standards in Scotland and dealing with fundraising complaints related to Scottish registered charities
GCVS Crisis Management / Review surgeries
GCVS one-to-one Surgeries
https://www.gcvs.org.uk/support-for-organisations/hrandcrisissurgeries/
GCVS People & Safety Services
HR; Health & Safety; Recruitment; Wellbeing
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Information Commissioners’ Office resources
Glasgow Living Wage
Information and resources to understand the Glasgow Living Wage and its benefits to both employers and employees.
Glasgow Social Enterprise Network (GSEN)
Governance Code
The Scottish Governance Code for the Third Sector sets out five core principles and key elements of good governance
Governance Trustee Duties from OSCR
Guide to charity trustee duties with regard to governance particularly handling many common situations
https://www.oscr.org.uk/managing-a-charity/trustee-duties/good-governance/
Health & Safety Checklist FAQs
FAQs for H&S Champions who will be providing the H&S checklist tool to organisations and direct them to points of contact for any questions.
Health & Safety Checklist Guidance
Guidance on supporting and improving awareness of legal and moral compliance requirements of Health & Safety
Impact Measurement – Social Impact
Learn how to easily plan, measure and communicate your social impact with a variety of tools.
Impact Measurement Evaluation Pathway from Evaluation Support Pathway
Guiding you through the evaluation process from setting outcomes & indicators, collecting evidence, analysing and reporting and acting on your learning.
https://www.evaluationsupportscotland.org.uk/evaluation-landing-page/evaluation/
Impact Measurement How Good Is Our TS Org Framework from Education Scotland
A self-evaluation resource created to support the third sector to evaluate their performance and to identify priorities for action. It is designed to support third sector organisations of all sizes, from small to large, local to national. It can also be used in cross-sector partnerships. Good examples of topics to cover.
Impact Measurement Logic Models Support guide from Evaluation Support Scotland
A guide that explains how to use logic modelling in planning how to measure the outcomes and outputs for your organisation.
Impact Measurement Training
GCVS offers the following training courses: Evaluation for Fearties, Evaluation Across Frameworks, Teasing Out Impacts with Service Users. Read the course outlines.
Legal Structures for the Voluntary Sector
An overview of the legal structures available to voluntary sector organisations
https://www.gcvs.org.uk/legal-structures-in-the-voluntary-sector/
Monitoring and evaluation guidance from SCVO
Monitoring and evaluation – what kind of information should you collect?
https://scvo.org.uk/running-your-organisation/business-planning/monitoring-evaluation-review
National Lottery Community Fund Scotland: Funds remain open for applications
All Funds will remain open, and where needed, will be more focused on COVID-19 recovery, with shorter grants and a quicker turnaround.
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
Improving Lives fund
Community-Led Activity fund
“We’re prioritising COVID-19 responses across all our funds– but we are also funding lots of non-COVID-19 related work, so you can still apply for that too.”
https://bigblogscotland.org.uk/2020/09/09/keeping-our-funds-open-2020/
National Minimum Wage – Record Keeping
HMRC webinar: In this short presentation we cover an employers record keeping obligations in relation to NMW. We look at the rules surrounding record keeping and discuss what good practice looks like for both large and small employers.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5510805472732330510
Notifiable Events from OSCR
To support public confidence in the voluntary sector and to support charities manage effectively, OSCR encourage the reporting of events of significance to organisations such as a major loss of funding.
https://www.oscr.org.uk/managing-a-charity/notifiable-events
OSCR support & services (A-Z Search)
Wind up and dissolution guidance from OSCR
OSCR video guidance
A broad range of videos from OSCR the charity regulator – useful if you prefer to watch rather than read information
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR10mb8E3jS4p4N7LrQp3sA/videos
Partnership advantages/risks associated from SCVO
Potential advantages and risks associated with working with another organisation
https://scvo.org.uk/running-your-organisation/business-planning/mergers-collaborations
Redundancy: Guidance for Fair Redundancy Process
Guidance for employers from GCVS People & Safety Services on all aspects of a Fair Redundancy Process.
Return to Work Form (from furlough leave)
This form should be completed by the line manager when staff return from furlough leave
The Lasting Difference: Sustainability Toolkit
The Lasting Difference toolkit is free to download as an interactive PDF.
Trustee Information and Guidance pack from OSCR
OSCR are trialling a new Charity Trustee Information and Guidance pack
https://www.oscr.org.uk/guidance-and-forms/trustee-information-and-guidance-pack/
Unpaid and Expenses Only Work
HMRC webinar covering: the risks surrounding unpaid work, what is a ‘worker’ for minimum wage purposes, interns, volunteers and unpaid work trials.
https://register.gotowebinar.com/#register/6812708604125354252
Volunteer Glasgow
Volunteer resources from Volunteer Edinburgh
A wide variety of resources relating to volunteering and volunteers from Volunteer Edinburgh and partners including policies etc
Wind Up and Dissolution from OSCR
Wind up and dissolution guidance from OSCAR
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