Information Sheets

Summary of Information Sheets Available

The Governance and Funding Team funded by the Big Lottery at Selby AVS has prepared the following Information Sheets for your group or organisation to use as guidance. If what you need to know is not on this list, please contact us as we can offer one to one advice and support to you or your group.

• Starting up a new group
• Drawing up a constitution
• Model constitution (basic)
• Guide to legal structures
• Do you need to be a charity
• Role of the committee
• Annual general meeting
• Why you need policies
• Model equality and diversity policy
• Model health and safety policy
• Model employment law policy
• Model lone working policy and procedure
• Model volunteer policy
• Model protection of vulnerable adults policy
• Model child protection policy
• Model complaints procedure
• Model confidentiality policy
• Model environmental policy
• Model recruitment and selection policy
• Model Disciplinary Rules and Procedures
• Model Grievance Procedure
• Model small charity’s financial controls policy
• Opening and operating a bank account
• Types of insurance
• VAT
• Introduction to risk management
• Accounting for charities
• Data protection
• Business planning
• Writing a fundraising strategy
• Fundraising strategy template
• Full cost recovery
• Involving volunteers
• When to get a criminal records bureau check
• Marketing
• Holding an event
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Quality assurance
• Insuring your organisation
• Trustee Agreement
• What is Governance
• Collaborative working
• Contracts between partners
• Commissioning
• Merger in the voluntary and community sector

If you would like a copy of any of the above either by post or email,
please contact either Julie Bloomfield or Jackie Smith on 01757 291111

Selby District AVS
Community House
Portholme Road
Selby
YO8 4QQ

Telephone: 01757 291111(switchboard)
Fax: 01757 290311
E-mail: admin@selbyavs.org.uk