Information Links

Firm Foundations Information Links

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ACEVO

www.acevo.org.uk

Provides information on strategy and current topics for VCOs

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

www.acas.org.uk

Provides information on preventing and resolving employment disputes.

The Big Picture

www.thebigpic.org.uk

Provides information on this quality improvement framework

Business Link West Midlands

www.businesslink.gov.uk/westmidlands

Provide information on all aspects of business

Centre for Voluntary Action

www.bvsc.org

Provides information on voluntary action in the city of Birmingham

Charities Evaluation Services

www.ces-vol.org.uk

Provides information on charities and their evaluation

Charity Commission

www.charity-commission.gov.uk

Provides information on forming a charity and the requirements of running a charity

CIC Regulator

www.cicregulator.gov.uk

Provides information on community interest company formation.

The Commissioner for Public Appointments

www.publicappointmentscommissioner.org
Code_of_Practice/e0908a66106.html

Provides information on the ‘Seven Principles of Public Life’, often described as the ‘Nolan Principles’

Communities and Local Government

www.communities.gov.uk

Provides information on the government’s department

Companies House

www.companieshouse.gov.uk

Provides information on general company formation and requirements.

ContinYou

www.continyou.org.uk

Provides information on working more effectively in partnership.

The Charity Finance Directors' Group

www.cfdg.org.uk/cfdg/cfdg.asp

Provides information for charities in terms of accounting, taxation and auditing

Criminal Records Bureau

www.crb.gov.uk

Provides information on helping organisations make safer recruitment decisions

Customer First

www.customerfirst.org

Further information on National Standard for Customer Service.

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

www.berr.gov.uk

Provides information on employment law and associated policies may be found on the websites of the

Department for Education

www.education.gov.uk

Provides information on safeguarding

Directgov

www.direct.gov.uk

Provides information on the current rates of national minimum wage and who is entitled to receive the minimum wage.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission

www.equalityhumanrights.com

Provides information on promoting and monitoring human rights as well as guidance on the Equality Act 2010

Experian

www.experian.co.uk

Provides information on credit rating services

Financial Services Authority

www.fsa.gov.uk

Provides information for consumers on financial products, regulation and their rights.

The Guide to Effective Participation

www.partnerships.org.uk/guide/main1.html

Provides the guide

Health and Safety Executive

www.hse.gov.uk

Further information on health and safety, including free publications

HM Revenue and Customs

www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities

Provides information on tax and gift aid, for example

Independent Safeguarding Authority

www.isa-gov.org.uk

Provides information on the safeguarding regulations.

Information Commissioner's Office

www.ico.gov.uk

Provides information on data protection may be found on the website of the

International Organisation for Standardisation

www.iso.org

Provides information on internal standards (ISO)

Investing in Volunteers

www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk

Provides information on volunteering

Investors in People

www.investorsinpeople.co.uk

Provides information on this quality mark

Legal Services

www.legalservices.gov.uk

Provides information on legal services

Managing Accounting for Non-Government Organisations

www.mango.org.uk

Provides information on financial management and planning.

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)

www.navca.org.uk

Provides information on the national voice of local third sector infrastructure

National Council for Voluntary Organisations

www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/governanceandleadership

Provide information about governance may be found on the

Social Enterprise Coalition

www.socialenterprise.org.uk

Provide information about social enterprises.

Social Enterprise London

www.sel.org.uk

Provides information on social enterprise activity in London

Social Firms

http://socialfirmsuk.co.uk

Provides information on social forms and provides a variety of tools

Skills Third Sector

www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk

Provide information on skills development in the third sector.

City Strategy for Wolverhampton

http://www.wton-partnership.org.uk/page.php?sitemap_id=258&identity=city_strategy

Includes the overarching outcomes for the City. VCOs intending to tender for public sector contracts will need to address one or more of these outcomes

Visible Communities

www.visiblecommunities.org

Provides information on this quality mark

Volunteering England

www.volunteering.org.uk

Provides information on volunteering

Wolverhampton City Council

www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

Provides information on all aspects of City Council operations and services

The Wolverhampton Compact

www.wolverhamptoncompact.co.uk

Provides information on the Wolverhampton Compact

Wolverhampton Network Consortium

www.w-n-c.org

Further information on Wolverhampton, including the Third Sector Partnership

Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust

www.wolverhamptonhealth.nhs.uk

Further information on the PCT

Wolverhampton Strategic Partnership

www.wton-partnership.org.uk

Further information on the Strategic Partnership