CAVS has a comprehensive set of information sheets, covering a wide range of useful subjects that you can choose to download.

Document categories

1. Getting Started
2. Running your organisation
3. Working with others
4. Volunteers
5. Trustees and governance
6. Employing and managing people
7. Finding and getting money
8. Managing money
9. Assets
10. Promotion and marketing

1. Getting Started

• 1.1 First steps - from idea to action
• 1.2 Involving the community
• 1.3 Involving service users
• 1.4 Planning your work
• 1.5 Choosing legal structures
• 1.6 Charitable status
• 1.7 Where to go for help

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2. Running your organisation

• 2.1 Developing a strategic plan
• 2.2 The Business Plan
• 2.3 Effective meetings
• 2.4 Effective Annual General Meetings
• 2.5 Quality
• 2.6 Monitoring and evaluation
• 2.7 Risk management
• 2.8 Health & safety
• 2.9 Equal opportunities
• 2.10 Welsh language - legal context
• 2.11 Insurance
• 2.12 Data protection

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3. Working with others

• 3.1 Consensus building
• 3.2 Community participation and engagement methods
• 3.3 Partnership
• 3.5 Customer care
• 3.6 Networks

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4. Volunteers

• 4.1 Thinking about volunteering
• 4.2 Developing a volunteer strategy
• 4.3 Model volunteering policy
• 4.4 Recruiting, selecting and inducting volunteers
• 4.5 Recruiting Welsh speaking volunteers
• 4.6 Diversity in volunteering
• 4.7 How to retain volunteers
• 4.8 Keeping volunteers safe
• 4.9 Volunteering to work with vulnerable adults and children
• 4.10 Criminal records checks
• 4.11 Volunteers and the law
• 4.12 Volunteers and welfare benefits
• 4.13 Volunteer expenses
• 4.14 Investing in Volunteers
• 4.15 How to work with hard to place volunteers

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5. Trustees and Governance  

• 5.1 Principles of governance
• 5.3 Governing body structures and honorary officers
• 5.6 Working with the chief officer
• 5.7 Liability of trustees and governing body members
• 5.8 Trustee indemnity insurance

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6. Employing and managing people

• 6.1 Working in the voluntary sector
• 6.2 Employing staff for the first time
• 6.3 Drawing up a Job Specification
• 6.4 Advertising your vacancy
• 6.5 Selecting your candidate
• 6.6 Producing a written statement
• 6.7 Induction, training and development
• 6.8 Supervision and appraisal
• 6.9 Grievance
• 6.10 Harassment
• 6.12 Health and safety policy

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7. Finding and getting money

• 7.1 Developing a fundraising strategy
• 7.2 Grants - fit for funding
• 7.3 Applying to funders
• 7.4 Sources of funding
• 7.4.1 Small grants
• 7.4.2 Lottery funding
• 7.4.3 Trusts and foundations
• 7.4.4 Welsh Assembly Government grant funding
• 7.4.5 Non-devolved UK Government grant funding
• 7.4.6 Europe
• 7.4.7 Funding sources for health and social care projects
• 7.4.8 Funding sources for sports projects
• 7.4.9 Funding sources for arts projects
• 7.4.10 Funding sources for environmental projects
• 7.4.11 Funding for community buildings
• 7.4.12 Funding for youth oriented projects
• 7.5 Loans
• 7.6.1 Fundraising events
• 7.6.2 Fundraising legacies
• 7.6.3 Fundraising donations
• 7.7 Procurement and Public Service Delivery
• 7.8 Trading
• 7.9 Giving (sources of funding)
• 7.10 Tax effective giving
• 7.11 Corporate funding

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8. Managing money

• 8.1 Setting up a financial system
• 8.2 Setting a budget
• 8.3 Full cost recovery
• 8.4 Monitoring expenditure and budget
• 8.5 Financial controls
• 8.6 Annual accounts and audit
• 8.7 VAT
• 8.8 Payroll
• 8.9 Reserves
• 8.10 Pensions
• 8.11 Avoiding fraud

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9. Assets

• 9.1 Buildings
• 9.4 Information Technology
• 9.6 Intellectual property

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10. Promotion and marketing

• 10.1 Communications and marketing plan
• 10.2 Creating effective marketing and publicity materials
• 10.3 Preparing newsletters
• 10.4 Working with the media
• 10.5 Effective press releases
• 10.6 The annual report
• 10.7 Website development and maintenance
• 10.8 Accessible formats and languages

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