Running a nonprofit organisation is incredibly challenging, yet massively rewarding. With an excellent team behind you, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your reach, and make a real difference.
There are plenty of support resources designed to help nonprofits to grow. If you need some support today, make a start with these nine resources.
1 . NCVO, Knowhow
This website is one of the best resources to support nonprofit organisations. The site includes how-to articles on a huge range of nonprofit topics. The ‘ NCVO Tools & Resources’ section offers invaluable resources in many different categories. A few examples include:
- Business Plan Templates: Here you’ll find templates for business plans, specifically catered to nonprofit organisations and charities.
- Income & Funding Planner: This planner is incredibly useful to organize your income and funding plans. The tool includes a step-by-step guide, or you can customize the steps to suit your needs.
- Campaign Strategy Support: This section includes a few tools to help you develop a campaign strategy.
- The Charity Digital Code Of Practice
This website can help your nonprofit to go digital, there are plenty of tips and tools to show you how. Using digital transformation you’ll soon improve the impact of your nonprofit organisation. The Charity Digital Code believes that there are seven main digital areas that a nonprofit should focus on. These areas are ‘Leadership, User Led, Culture, Strategy, Skills, Managing Risks & Ethics and Adaptability.’ Using the website, nonprofit leaders can explore each of these key areas in detail.
If you’d like to get started quickly you can sign up to a short 7-week program, where you’ll receive guidance via email. There are so many digital tools and skills you can use to improve your organisation.
- Reach Volunteering
Reach Volunteering works to connect non-profits with talented volunteers, across the UK. Nonprofits that have a yearly turnover of under £1M can gain access to Reach Volunteering for free. Charities can use the platform to find volunteers across a range of different niches, including law, communications, marketing, and finance.
It’s simple to use the platform, simply make an account and then publish a volunteering opportunity with your nonprofit. If you also need support to find trustees, Reach Volunteering can help you there too. When you’re choosing volunteers it’s incredibly important to take your time, ensuring that you are choosing the right people. Make sure that you design a structured interview process, and perform detailed background checks.
- 3Space
3Space is a charity that provides discounted or free office space to nonprofits across the UK. It’s easy to apply, simply state your capacity and the mission of your nonprofit. Usually, 3Space allows you to rent a space for anywhere between 6 months and a year and a half. It’s worth noting that most of the buildings will be repurposed in the future, (and so it’s only possible to rent temporarily).
The organisation was formed back in 2010, in response to the many vacant commercial buildings, throughout the UK. 3space states that ‘We work with government, developers, and corporates and have operated over 40 buildings across the UK, making better use of commercial space to drive regeneration and benefit local communities.’
- Inspiring Impact
The Inspiring Impact mission is, ‘to make good impact practice the norm by creating a culture of continuous improvement among voluntary organisations.’ The organisation supports those who volunteer and work for nonprofits. On the website, you’ll find plenty of online resources and learning networks. Using these amazing tools you’ll soon enhance your impact. The website covers several key areas such as:
- Understanding what impact practice is.
- Reviewing impact practice.
- Learning from others.
- Promoting your company and raising awareness.
- The Small Charities Coalition
The Small Charities Coalition helps small nonprofits to help communities, and expand people’s opportunities. The organisation is made up of thousands of different nonprofits. They describe themselves as the ‘voice for people working on the front line of some of our communities’ biggest problems.’
On the member’s section of the website, you can access plenty of guides, templates, and tools. The charity hosts lots of training and webinars throughout the year. These training sessions span many different topics, including fundraising, digital media, and regulation. With so many tools at your disposal, you’ll learn plenty of new things to improve your charity organisation.
- The Business Of Giving
The Business Of Giving podcast is hosted by renowned philanthropist Denver Frederick. Throughout the episodes Denver discusses potential solutions to global problems, interviewing a range of nonprofit leaders, social entrepreneurs, and fellow philanthropists.
A recent episode discussed how social entrepreneurs are collaborating to ‘achieve sustainable development’. The episode discusses ‘Catalyst 2030’, using this movement, entrepreneurs are using to work together, towards a sustainable future.
This podcast discusses the opportunities, issues, and trends that nonprofit leaders face today. The show is hosted by Dr. Rob Harter, throughout these shows, he interviews the founders and CEOs of many different nonprofits. Here you’ll listen to inspirational stories from experienced nonprofit visionaries. If you’re looking for practical tips, strategies, and motivation, you’ve come to the right place. These shows explore lots of different topics including, ‘how to future proof your fundraising’, and ‘rethinking how to we manage nonprofits.’
- First Formations
When you’re establishing a nonprofit company you might set it up as a ‘limited guarantee company’. This status is useful for organisations that would like to limit their financial liability. These types of organisations don’t have shareholders, instead, they have guarantors who pay a pre-agreed amount, to cover debts. To Find out about companies limited by guarantee take a look at the 1st Formations website. They offer a special package to help nonprofits to establish themselves as a limited liability company.
With the help of these resources, you’ll learn plenty of new things, and make valuable new connections. The more that you learn, the easier it is to grow your nonprofit
