Resources
This section offers information on resources available for voluntary and community groups in Central London.
Improving Support
The new website delivered by Capacitybuilders to allow quick, searchable access to all products and services funded by Capacitybuilders - including toolkits, publications and events.
SKild for Development Workers
Skills and Knowledge for Local Development - SKiLD is a project of NAVCA (National Association for Voluntary and Community Action) and is for all infrastructure organisations: from CVS and Rural Community Councils through to black and minority ethnic development organisations, community forums and local development trusts.
Skills and Knowledge framework for development workers. The SKiLD framework website has tools and information to help development workers who give hands-on support to groups do their job more effectively.
www.skildframework.org.uk or download the full framework.
HR and Employment Resources from NCVO
NCVO has published a number of useful HR resources on their website (free of charge) and also offers a free bank of HR policies and documents:
- HR Bank for policy and document templates and examples
- HR Case studies looking at equality and diversity, recruitment, retention and collaboration
- Good Guide to Employment factsheets and templates
- Practial HR 'How to' guides
- Funding and Costing Workforce and Governance Development publication
Support for NAVCA Members
A useful resource detailing your key contacts at NAVCA for specific issues.
Support for NAVCA members flyer.
National Occupational Standards from Skills Third Sector
National Occupational Standards (Standards) provide a clear description of what you need to know and what you need to be able to do to perform a job successfully. Standards exist across many occupational areas, and Skills – Third Sector is responsible for developing standards for roles unique to the third sector.
- Managing Volunteers For those who manage or support volunteers
- Trustees For trustees in all sizes of organisation
- Fundraising For anyone responsible for raising funds
- Campaining Standards (New!) For use by anyone who manages and runs campaigns in the voluntary and community sector.
- Development Worker Standards (New!) For people who work for a support agency (for example, an infrastructure organisation), and through that mechanism, perform the function of developing the groups and communities they serve.