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Our Community Development Team provides specialist information and support to local community groups, social enterprises and charities. Our expertise allows us to provide critical support to our Members when they need it most. Helpfully we’ve created a Library of useful toolkits and links that provide easy to navigate information and guidance across a broad range of issues facing organisations like yours.
Can’t find what you need? Our Community Development Team provides tailored support to groups on a case-by-case basis.
If you need to speak with a member of our team, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by emailing support@cfirst.org.uk or call 0300 500 8085.
People
Working with people - volunteers, employees, members, supporters and beneficiaries. Ensuring equality, diversity, and inclusion.
| Title | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AbilityNet | Free webinars on a range of topics of relevance to disabled people, their colleagues, families, friends, and those who support them. | Visit website |
| ACAS | Range of expert resources for staff including template documents | Visit website |
| ACAS- Equality, diversity and inclusion policy template | Useful template of an Equality, diversity and inclusion policy | Visit website |
| Big Lottery Fund - Equality Matters | Big Lottery Fund- Good Practice Guide on Equality | Visit website |
| Charity Governance Code - Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Charity Governance Code Guidance - Recommended practice - separate versions for larger and smaller charities. | Visit website |
| CIPD Knowledge Hub | Various HR factsheets and toolkits | Visit website |
| Civil Society - How to Recruit Trustees - A Practical Guide | Useful guidance for recruiting trustees | Visit website |
| COVID-19: Psychological First Aid | Get psychological first aid (PFA) training and help people with different needs to cope with the emotional impact of COVID-19. | Visit website |
| GOV.UK - How to Manage your Charity's Volunteers | Charity Commission Guidance on How to recruit and manage volunteers for your charity, including the vetting process, paying expenses, role descriptions and insurance. | Visit website |
| Guidance on safe volunteering during COVID-19 | Guidance to support volunteers and beneficiaries to stay safe during the Covid pandemic | Download |
| Handling Money | A guide for volunteers who need to handle money during the Covid pandemic | Download |
| NCVO - Volunteering | NCVO offers a range of guidance on volunteering, volunteer recruitment and volunteer management. | Visit website |
| NCVO Knowhow - Managing people | Range of resources for managing people | Visit website |
| Training for Wellbeing & Volunteers | Community First offer a wide range of Volunteer/Staff Management Training, including bespoke courses designed to meet the needs of your Charity | Visit website |
| Trustee Week | Trustees’ week is an annual event to showcase the work of trustees. The website has useful tips and tools | Visit website |
| Versiti Equality Self-Assessment survey. | A free tool to assess how inclusive and diverse your organisation is | Visit website |
| Video- Advice for Volunteers (YouTube) | Video- Tips to help Volunteers stay safe during the Covid pandemic | Visit website |
| Video- Supporting Volunteers (YouTube) | Video Guide to Supporting Volunteers | Visit website |
| Volunteer First | Community First offers a FREE website for voluntary organisations to advertise and promote their local opportunities to residents of Hampshire | Visit website |
| Volunteering Best Practice | Complete guide with templates created to support Hampshire County Council Care Homes | Download |
| Young Volunteer Toolkit | All you need to know about working with young volunteers | Download |