Advice and Guidance

This section contains advice and guidance for for trustees, committee members and anyone else involved in the governance of an organisation.

See below for our Information Sheets and links to useful guidance, and our Sector News section on the right, which contains the latest news and updates of relevance to charity trustees.

Contact us for more in-depth support or to find out about our bespoke training for trustees.

• VODA News January 2019: Trustees are volunteers too
• VODA News May 2019: Being a Trustee – what’s in it for me?
• VODA News August 2019: Trustee diversity
• VODA News November 2019: Preparing for a New Trustee
• VODA News February 2020: Trustees Roles and Responsibilities

• The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do
• Getting Onboard: How to become a Charity Trustee
• Five minute guides from the Charity Commission: 
  • • Charity Purposes and Rules
    • Managing charity finances
    • Making decisions at a charity
    • Managing conflicts of interest in a charity
    • What to send to the Charity Commission and how to get help
• Charity governance, finance and resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask
• Infographic: 15 questions trustees should ask
• Conflicts of interest: a guide for charity trustees

• Making digital work: 12 questions for trustees to consider 

• The Chair’s role in building a positive working culture

• Get help for your inactive or ineffective charity 

• The Essential Trustee series from the FSI

• Guidance on handling safeguarding allegations in a charity