ORGANISATION ADVICE
GOVERNMENT
- Government support for businesses
- Financial support for businesses during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- How to claim for employees' wages (furlough)
- Extension to the furlough scheme
- Manage financial difficulties caused by coronavirus (Charity Commission report)
- Additional discretionary funding for charities
- Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme - for employers with under 250 employees to recover the costs of paying coronavirus-related sick pay
- Government guidance on working safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Government guidance on staying alert and safe after 4 July 2020
- Government guidance on safe reopening of multi-purpose buildings
- The new national restrictions from 5 November 2020
- Government guidance on the end of the transition period when the UK finally leaves the EU.
EMPLOYERS & EMPLOYEES
- HMRC Job Retention Scheme - step by step guide for employers on how to apply for up to 80% of wages for staff being furloughed. See also YouTube channel of webinar recordings.
- ACAS advice for employers & employees - wide range of advice including self-isolation and sick pay, using holiday and much more
- NCVO practical advice for charities during the crisis
- National Careers Service offers free support to organisations with furloughed workers
- Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations offers a set of Organisation Recovery Templates.
- Going back to work including risk assessment advice from public services union Unison.
- Videos on workers' rights during COVID-19.
- The NCVO has information on how your organisation can support NHS Test and Trace, details of the new job support scheme that will replace furloughing, and also some good news for trustees with the extension of the corporate insolvency and governance act.
- Congestion charge reimbursements for charities undertaking essential coronavirus pandemic work.
COVID-19 FUNDING
REMOTE WORKING
- The Small Charities Coalition has three Getting Started guides to using online meeting tools: Getting Started with Zoom, Getting Started with Google Hangouts, Getting Started with Skype Video.
- Using Microsoft Office Teams for online meetings.
- How to work well remotely, tips from Kingston Voluntary Action.
- For those still trying to get to grips with Zoom, a handy, step-by-step guide from CANVA.
- How to create a productive workspace at home from the Cotswold Company.
GOVERNANCE & TRUSTEES
- NCVO blog details key questions on Coronavirus and Governance: What Charity Trustees need to think about
- Charity Commission report for trustees of smaller charities on Managing Financial Difficulties
- Reporting a serious incident to the Charity Commission - guidance for trustees
- A new explanatory series of Charity Commission trustee guides
- How to become a Charity Trustee, from Getting on Board
MONEY MATTERS
- Westminster Citizens Advice Bureau for advice on benefits, debts, bills and more. Or call 0300 3301191
- If you can't pay your bills because of Coronavirus, see Citizens Advice
- How to host workshops remotely, from Connected Places Catapault
- Free tool to help charities facing financial difficulty
- Details of Test & Trace Support payments of £500 for those on low incomes who are self-isolating
FUNDRAISING
- Free handbook from Reason Digital: Digital Fundraising for Small Charities (in a hurry)
- New fundraising device from the NCVO, TapSimple
COVID-19 RESOURCES SPREADSHEET
One Westminster has compiled a useful spreadsheet of local resources and services. It will be updated regularly.
FREE BUSINESS & LEGAL SUPPORT
- Cranfield Trust's free business tools include remote business support for charities, cash flow forecasting, controlling cash flow and tailored HR advice.
- NCVO Contingency Planning and Financial Implications includes a useful section on immediate actions to take regarding finances.
- Tax advice available from Tax Aid and Tax Help for Older People for those on lower incomes.
- Key legal issues to consider - webinar in association with the NCVO - looks at employment law, insurance and serious incident reporting, governance, solvency considerations and legal considerations when managing volunteers.
- The Advocacy Project can provide advocacy by phone and video call for service users and professionals.
- Cardinal Hume Centre offers free immigration advice for cases where leave to remain needs to be renewed and for people with no recourse to public funds. Call 020 7227 1670
- Which? has a free dedicated consume rights hub.
- Greater London Authority offers free digital support to small local charities.
- Risk assessment templates for opening charities post COVID-19.
- The National Youth Agency, Public Health England and the Health and Safety Executive now offers guidance for providers opening services for young people.
FREE ONLINE TRAINING
Webinars from National Council for Voluntary Organisations:
- Safeguarding through Covid-19 and beyond
- How to manage operational change in a time of uncertainty
- Decision-making in a crisis: collaboration and merger
- Volunteering in a pandemic: Lessons from volunteering organisations
- Easing of lockdown: practical considerations for managing and supporting staff
- Building organisational resilience: Things for small charities to consider
- Making decisions in tough times
- Board leadership: Supporting your charity though the next phase of coronavirus
- How to manage operational change in a time of uncertainty
USEFUL REPORTS
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on charities so far? Lloyds Bank Foundation
- The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Institute for Public Policy Research
- COVID-19 and minority ethnic populations, produced by South Asian Health Foundation and the Centre for BME Health
- Office of National Statistics - Loneliness during the pandemic.
- Trust for London's London's COVID -19 death toll, by neighbourhood.
- Seven million expected to seek charity support because of the pandemic, National Emergencies Trust.
- How likely is the charity sector to survive, Charity Finance Group.
- Action for Children End Childhood Crisis, a report asking for government support for low income families.
- Centre for Ageing Better and King's Fund, have produced a report on the impact of poor quality housing on health, Homes, health and COVID-19.
- MP Danny Kruger's September plans to sustain community spirit, 'Levelling up our Communities'.
- Comparing poverty levels across London, Trust for London.