Resources for the Voluntary Sector

VolResource aims to make it quick and easy to find useful information on anything to do with running a voluntary organisation (whether a community group, charity or other non-profit body), across the UK.

We’re always on the look-out for relevant web links to add, redundant old ones to remove, additional practical resources, changes in advice sources, new sector projects, etc. We would appreciate your help in reviewing the content. You can use the comments facility where available, drop us a note via the contact form or add an Update piece for longer material. See About page for more.

Our weekly email newsletter has been retired – it carried the latest resources and practical news of interest to those involved in third sector organisations.

To find what you want

… in the wide range of material specifically compiled for voluntary organisations, there are two main options –  the navigation menu above and an annotated Articles Index (Table of Contents). There is also a Simple Site Map, with a couple of other options. Note: not all sample documents appear on the main menu.

Alternatively, the site search box is top right (on smaller screens, see bottom of the page instead). Almost all articles will have suggestions for connected (tagged) content at the end, just after the sharing buttons. Further help is on the About page.

For a bit of an introduction to the purpose and approach of this site, see Background to the sector and effective organisations. If lost for where to start, how about key sector information sites page?

Latest Updates

• CharityBlog going into retirement
  It’s time to wrap up charityblog.org.uk as inspiration for material has been decidely lacking since we restarted the blog 4 years ago. There is still this space on VolResource in case the muse strikes, though.
• Original ‘plain’ VolResource website retired
  With an increasing number of links on the original VolResource website no longer working or directing to dodgy sites, it’s time to switch it off. Apologies to those with poor internet connections or struggling computers/phones, as pages on the current site will take a little longer to load. Material from that site was transferred across … Continue reading “Original ‘plain’ VolResource website retired”
• A Guide to Digital User Experience for Charity Recruitment
  How to revolutionise your online recruitment process and attract the best candidates A new step by step guide titled ‘A Guide to Digital User Experience for Charity Recruitment – How to revolutionise your online recruitment process and attract the best candidates’ has been launched by Workfuly.  Creating a great online recruitment process is crucial to … Continue reading “A Guide to Digital User Experience for Charity Recruitment”
• Explaining the why, what and how of charity
  A new website ‘How Charities Work‘ is in beta, set up by NCVO to provide a general background to what charities are all about, the way they operate and the ways people can be involved. This is aimed at the general public, so no mention of trustees and their usual volunteer status in the intro … Continue reading “Explaining the why, what and how of charity”