Useful Websites
www.fundingcentral.org.uk
Funding Central is a free smart website for all third sector organisations, including community groups, providing access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, plus a wealth of tools and resources supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.
www.trainersandconsultantsdirect.org.uk
Trainers and Consultants Direct is an easy to use service for voluntary and community organisations looking to contact a consultant or trainer.
Bringing in the outside expertise of a consultant can solve problems and help to improve processes, products and profitability. Trainers and Consultants Direct holds profiles of individuals and consultants who have experience of working with voluntary and community groups, charities and third sector organisations.
www.tsrc.ac.uk
Third Sector Research Centre exists to develop the evidence base on, for and with the third sector in the UK. Working closely with practitioners, policy-makers and other academics, TSRC is undertaking and reviewing research, and making this research widely available.
www.knowhownonprofit.org
KnowHow NonProfit is a new website for individuals and organisations within the nonprofit sector. Using expert knowledge and real-life experiences, it aims to help users learn in a way that suits them. From bite sized questions to tackling large subjects, it uses interactivity and quality material to develop learning.
www.volunteering.org.uk
Volunteering England is a volunteer development agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. Their work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers. This site is restricted in some areas which are for members only but still has some useful free information.
www.volunteering.org.uk/vmportal
Volunteer Management Portal
Volunteering England’s Volunteer Management Portal acts as a gateway to the world of volunteer management with links to over a thousand resources and information on support, training and development opportunities for people managing volunteers.
www.navca.org.uk
NAVCA is the national voice of local third sector infrastructure in England. We aim to ensure communities are well served by the local third sector by supporting our members and their work with over 160,000 local groups and organisations. NAVCA has some useful free resources.
www.3s4.org.uk
Voluntary and community organisations can plan more effectively for the future through a process called strategic planning. NCVO Third Sector Foresight supports strategic planning by providing information about strategic analysis (trends, planning tools and advice).
http://www.cheshireaction.org.uk/governance
http://www.governancepages.org.uk/
If you want to find out more about Governance of an organisation both these sites provide comprehensive information and answer many of the questions that may be raised by new or existing Trustees.
http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/
The purpose of the site is to ultimately provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics. Every counsellor on the site who has submitted their profile has either sent a copy of their qualifications and insurance cover to us, or is registered with a professional body online with recognised codes of ethics and practice, this way we can be assured of their professionalism.
