Support and resources
We offer a range of insight and support for our charity customers to help you understand some of the complexities of charity insurance and risk management.
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Helpful guides and policy documents
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Managing risk
Put simply, risk management is about identifying and managing the risks that could impact your organisation or charity.
For charities and not-for-profit organisations this might include reputational risk, risk of injury to service users and volunteers, risk of damage to property and contents, sustainability and a look at emerging risks, to name a few.
We offer a wide range of services to help you better understand, manage and prevent risk, allowing you to concentrate on your day-to-day activities. This could include carrying out inspections and producing reports or offering training courses to help your staff and volunteers handle risk management better.
As part of our risk management services, our risk experts can work together with your front-line staff and key decision makers to identify and mitigate any threats to your success.
We also regularly publish risk guidance on our News and Views website.
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Local Community Advisory Service
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Useful websites
The following websites might be useful to your charity or not-for-profit organisation:
ACEVO - is the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. They connect, develop and represent third sector leaders and senior managers and have been providing support and advice to their members for over 20 years.
Visit ACEVO’s website for more information
ACOSVO - is the Association of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary Association. As a membership organisation for third sector leaders and senior staff in Scotland, they aim to support, strengthen and inspire leaders through topical events, development opportunities and relevant services. As a strategic partner of ACOSVO, we provide risk management and insurance advice and support to members.
Visit ACOSVO's website for more information
Charity Commission for England and Wales - is responsible for registering and regulating charities in England and Wales, the charity commission provides a host of useful information for charities, including setting up and registering a charity, regulatory alerts and they post regular sector-specific reports and publications.
Visit the Charity Commission for England and Wales website for more information
HSE – the Health and Safety Executive provide free guidance and advice, aiming to give employers the confidence to manage risks. If you have a policy with us, it is a requirement that you undertake risk assessments. The Health and Safety Executive website provides help and guidance on how to perform and record your Risk Assessments.
Visit the HSE’s website for more information
NAVCA - describe themselves as the National voice of local social action. The national membership charity for local voluntary infrastructure, they are England’s largest network of local charities and community groups offering their members networking opportunities, specialist advice, support, policy information and training.
Visit NAVCA's website for more information
NCVO - is the National Council of Voluntary Organisations. They have over 14,000 member organisations who they help thrive by providing expert support and advice, saving them time and money and keeping them up to date with news. We are proud to be NCVO’s trusted supplier for insurance.
Visit NCVO’s website for more information
Social Enterprise UK - is the national body for social enterprise. Their website hosts a huge amount of information from start-up guides to information on policies and campaigns, publications, services and events.
Visit the SEUK website for more information
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