A GUIDE TO
STARTING UP AND RUNNING A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION
  What is a Voluntary Organisation
Support Available
What you need to get started
Statutory Requirements
Projects - Development and Management
Charitable Status & Constitutions
Glossary of Terms - What your Constitution Means
Applying for Funds
Business Planning
Proposal for becoming a Company Limited by Guarantee
Management Committees
Committee Members - Roles and Responsibilities
Committee Members as Employers
The Annual General Meeting and Annual Report
The Annual Accounts
Financial Reporting
Good Money Management
Human Rights Act
Equal Opportunities
Why have policies and procedures
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Where to go for help
 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - VONEF is obliged to the following publications from which some of the information was extracted:

  • SCVO - A Hand in Management
  • SCVO - The Essential Advice and Information Manual
  • SCVO - Working with Us - Good Employment Practice for Voluntary Organisations in Scotland
  • Charitable Status - A Practical Handbook
  • Charity Annual Report
  • Charities Management
  • OSCR

These books, togehter with draft Constitutions, Health & Safety Policies, Terms and Conditions of Employment, Staff Handbooks and Equal Opportunity Policies are available from VONEF