Support, Resources and Services – UK
Data cohort expression of interest June 2020
Published 03/07/2020
Datawise London are piloting a new approach to improve organisational use of data leading to better shaped services to meet the needs of Londoners. Eight organisations will benchmark their organisational data maturity, identify key data goals and attend monthly sessions over an eight month period starting in September. If your organisation is interested in participating please submit an expression of interest by 5pm today.
New Resource: Step by step digital safeguarding
Published 01/07/2020
This new resource by Catalyst provides a step by step guide to best practice digital safeguarding.
The Charity Digital Code of Practice Zoom webinars
Published 01/07/2020
Charity Digital in collaboration with Catalyst are hosting a series of 'what next' digital webinars to get charity trustees and leaders up to speed with digital and planning for a post-covid world.
Charity Digital #BeMoreDigital
Published 01/07/2020
In this podcast by Charity Digital, the panel discuss how they put #BeMoreDigital into action, sharing their varied experiences with implementing digital in their charities.
Trust for London Covid-19 Resources
Published 29/06/2020
Trust for London have collated a selection of resources from their grantees, the wider sector, and other related sources to support organisations working through the COVID-19 crisis.
Free Resources to help with Impact and Evaluation
Published 29/06/2020
Inspiring Impact have collated a selection of free resources to help charities with impact and evaluation during Covid-19.
NEW Service: Legal Advice Centre Advice Portal
Published 22/06/2020
Today the Legal Advice Centre launch their Advice Portal, providing second tier support to organisations needing specialist advice covering: Welfare Benefit Appeals, Housing and Homelessness, Employment and Family Law/Domestic Abuse.
Resource: How to build a strong digital culture in your charity
Published 18/06/2020
In this article, Charity Digital signpost to a free e-book that offers clear and detailed guidance on building a digital culture within your organisation.
New Resource: YESS Law new mediation service
Published 18/06/2020
Dispute Resolution Assistance in the Workplace is a mediation and dispute resolution service for employers and employees to help them resolve issues arising from COVID-19. It is a 3-month pilot provided through ELAN (Employment Law Advice Network) and funded by Trust for London.
Blog: What is Dispute Resolution Assistance in the Workplace (DRAW)
Published 18/06/2020
YESS Law's pro bono and mediation online scheme is now up and running, in this blog YESS Law provide an insight into how mediation can help.
New Resource: Working with Vulnerable Clients
Published 18/06/2020
The Law Society have issued two new pieces of guidance for working with vulnerable clients. The resources seek to help you identify and meet the needs of clients who have difficulty using legal services and assess whether clients have mental capacity to instruct you.
Guide: Court and tribunal hearings and Coronavirus (Covid 19)
Published 16/06/2020
This know-how guide produced by advicenow will help you understand more about hearings that happen by phone or video and where to go for up to date information on how the Coronavirus outbreak might affect your hearing.
Guide: Your rights in rented housing
Published 16/06/2020
In this guide by Advicenow, you can learn more about common housing issues through video guides, including issues such as the right to adequate housing, how to deal with a section 21 eviction notice, your rights under tenancies and benefits to cover you rent during COVID-19 for example.
Guide: Going to civil court
Published 16/06/2020
Advicenow have published a useful guide for going to civil court, where they examine how individuals can take things like housing, compensation, unpaid debts, broken contracts, or consumer problems to court. Including resources for how to resolve things outside of court.
Resource: Protecting your staff, volunteers and beneficiaries
Published 16/06/2020
This free resource by NCVO provides information on protecting and supporting the people working within your charity/voluntary organisation and those who use your services during Covid-19.
Resource: 7S Model for organisational change / decision making
Published 16/06/2020
The McKinsey 7-S Framework identifies seven internal elements of an organisation that need to align for it to be successful. This article by MindTools explores these seven elements in detail.
Resource: Scenario Planning
Published 16/06/2020
In this resource, NCVO lay out steps to help you develop and plan scenarios for your organisation, as well as a list of important considerations for organisations embarking on scenario planning.
Webinar: Making decisions in tough times
Published 16/06/2020
In this recording, NCVO provide advice for leaders making decisions quickly during these tough times.
Helping Charities get started with Microsoft 365
Published 16/06/2020
This quick 15 minute video by Phoenix Software will help you make the most out of Microsoft 365.
Resource: Fraud prevention and cyber security for charities
Published 11/06/2020
In this video, Mark Sykes, Senior Manager of Technology and Governance at CAF explores what charities should do to remain secure. Answering has fraud increased during the COVID-19 crisis? What cyber security trends are you seeing that charity leaders should be aware of? And what can charity leaders do to reduce their risk of digital fraud?
