Useful Links

Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Organisations

ACOSVO is membership organisation for chief officers in the Scottish voluntary sector. It offers professional development opportunities and speaks out on matters of senior management and governance where required. The website lists upcoming events and gives membership details.

Charity Skills

Charity Skills aims to support trustees, chief executives and senior managers in running their organisations through skill-building and providing high quality, low-cost web solutions to charities. The website reflects these activities, which are enhanced for members.

Charity Trustee Networks

CTN aims at improving charity governance through trustee networks and promoting the education of trustees. The site contains various resource documents, details of CTN's membership and a link to the organisation's online forum Trusteenet.

Compass Partnership

Compass are a group of management consultants committed to making a significant impact on the management and governance of nonprofit organisations and their funders. The website contains a list of Compass's members and services, plus a list of useful books and other resources.

Foundation for Good Governance

The FGG exists to explore and promote good charity governance. Its website contains details of its research, notes from previous events and a link to its discussion forum.

Get On Board

Get on Board is a campaign run by The Governance Hub, Charity Commission and Volunteering England to raise the profile of trusteeship and recruit a new generation of trustees to fill the many vacancies on boards across the country. The website contains information both for potential trustees and for charities looking to recruit trustees.

Governance Hub

The Governance Hub, set up by the Home Office, is a partnership of eight organisations working to improve the levels of good governance throughout the voluntary and community sector in England. The Hub offers a range of services and ideas via its website, for trustees, chairs, advisers and funders. The site also contains the Hub's commissioned research, resources and details of upcoming events.

Governance Works

Governance Works helps charity boards to raise standards and improve practice by sharing models of good governance. It also seeks to increase understanding of governance by research The website contains details of the organisation's activities and training opportunities. It also allows user to download a pack of learning materials.

On Board

On Board is a collaboration between third sector legal experts Bates Wells & Braithwaite and two leading third sector consultants offering governance development, training and support. The website contains details of the group's activities, as well as various resource documents and upcoming events.

Trustee Net

Trustee Net is the Charity Trustee Networks' free national network of trustees and management committee members. The site contains news, a forum, resource documents and listings of events and local networks. Users can also communicate their views to the CTN by taking part in online surveys.

Workforce Hub

The UK Workforce Hub helps voluntary and community organisations make the best of their paid staff, volunteers and trustees through workforce development. The website contains a host of useful information and links to other relevant organisations and resources.