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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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 fro BME Health
- Office of National Statistics - Loneliness during the pandemic.
- London's COVID -19 death toll, by neighbourhood, Trust for London.