Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations

Downloads

Expert advice for community and voluntary groups and projects in Bridgend County Borough.

Here you'll find BAVO's publicity material and downloadable information sheets to help your organisation.

Please try and review the documents before you decide to 'print'. Some of the downloads on these pages are quite large documents, and if you can view online without printing, it is better for our environment!.

BAVO's Reports and Leaflets

BAVO Annual Report 2006/7


Trustee Wales Website

Trustees of voluntary organisations now have a single, specialist source of information and guidance following the recent launch of WCVA'a ' Trustee and Governance' website. The website contains trustee and governance related news and articles, and signposting to a range of helpful resources. Visit the site at www.trusteewales.org.uk.

 

Sustainable Funding Web Resource

WCVA's sustainable funding team have developed an online resource where you can find practical help and support on sustainable funding.. visit www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk.

 

All Wales Child Protection Procedures

Please be aware this is a huge document to download, in excess of 100 pages. Download here.

 

Children & Young People's Voluntary Sector Directory

A directory of voluntary sector agencies for children and young people is available to download here.

 

New Plain Language Constitution for Community Groups  

A new plain language constitution has been produced by the Welsh Office of the Charity Commission in partnership with WCVA, BAVO and other other Welsh CVC's. It is designed to meet the needs of small groups who are looking to formally establish themselves with the minimum of fuss. It is based on the participants' combined experience of community development and charity law, together with many years of working with governing documents and community groups. The constitution is only 600 words long and covers all the requirements needed for a well run group. It has been designed primarily for groups with an income of less than £5000 a year (below the charity registration threshold), which don't need to be incorporated.

The model constitution can be downloaded here.

 

BAVO's Logo for Download

Permission and Approval for use of BAVO's Logo

Successful applicants to BAVO's grant schemes are required to display BAVO's logo on any publicity relating to the organisations project or event to which the funding relates. The LOGO may be used by successful grant applicants for the above purposes only.

In all other instances, BAVO's logo may not be used to imply affiliation with, or endorsement by BAVO of any organisation, event, project or product etc. without the express written permission of BAVO. Each request will be evaluated individually and permission will be granted based on BAVO's discretion. Please e-mail all questions regarding logo approval in the first instance to patlindsay@bavo.org.uk

Once permission is granted, the logo may be used only for the stated purpose and in the manner for which permission is granted and the logo must be the correct logo. The correct logo with specific font and colour requirements can also be requested via email by contacting patlindsay@bavo.org.uk

BAVO Information Sheets

You can download the information sheets listed below.

Getting Started

First steps - from idea to action

Involving the community

Involving service users

Planning your work

Choosing legal structures

Charitable status

Where to go for help

Running your Organisation

Developing a strategic plan

The Business Plan

Effective meetings

Effective Annual General Meetings

Quality

Monitoring and evaluation

Risk management

Health & safety

Equal opportunities

Welsh language - legal context

Insurance

Data protection

Working with Others

Consensus building

Community participation and engagement methods

Partnership

Compacts

Customer care

Networks

Commissioning

Contracts

Volunteers

Thinking about volunteering

Developing a volunteer strategy

Model volunteering policy

Recruiting, selecting and inducting volunteers

Recruiting Welsh speaking volunteers

Diversity in volunteering

How to retain volunteers

Keeping volunteers safe

Volunteering to work with vulnerable adults and children

Criminal records checks

Volunteers and the law

Volunteers and welfare benefits

Volunteer expenses

Investing in Volunteers

How to work with hard to place volunteers

Trustees and Governance

Principles of governance

Trustee duties and resposibilities

Governing body structures and honorary officers

Recruitment, selection and induction

Training and development for Trustees

Working with the chief officer

Liability of trustees and governing body members

Trustee indemnity insurance

Employing and Managing People

Working in the voluntary sector

Employing staff for the first time

Drawing up a job specification

Advertising your vacancy

Selecting your candidate

Producing a written statement

Induction, training and development

Supervision and appraisal

Grievance

Harassment

Redundancy policy

Health and Safety policy

Equal opportunities policy

Whistleblowing policy

Retirement policy

Disciplinary policy

Finding and Getting Money

Developing a fundraising strategy

Grants - fit for funding

Applying to funders

Accounting for volunteers' time in funding applications

Sources of funding

Small grants

Lottery funding

Trusts and foundations

Welsh Assembly Government grant funding

Non-devolved UK Government grant funding

Europe

Funding sources for health and social care projects

Funding sources for sports projects

Funding sources for arts projects

Funding sources for environmental projects

Funding for community buildings

Funding for youth oriented projects

Loans

Fundraising events

Fundraising legacies

Fundraisng donations

Procurement and Public Services Delivery

Trading

Giving (sources of funding)

Tax effective giving

Introduction to payroll giving

Payroll fundraising

Payroll Giving consortia

Corporate funding

Managing Money

Setting up a financial system

Setting a budget

Full cost recovery

Monitoring expenditure and budget

Financial controls

Annual accounts and audit

VAT

Payroll

Reserves

Pensions

Avoiding fraud

Assets

Buildings

Running buildings

Land

Information Technology

Vehicles

Intellectual property

Promotion and Marketing

Communications and marketing plan

Creating effective marketing and publicity materials

Preparing newsletters

Working with the media

Effective press releases

The annual report

Website development and maintenance

Accessible formats and languages

 

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