www.merseyworld.com/bebington
Select ‘Volunteer Bureau' then ‘Good Practice Guide' to access the following fact sheets

1 – Involving Volunteers
2 – Developing a Volunteer Policy
3 – Recruitment Procedures
4 – Volunteer Induction
5 – Training, Supervision and Development
6 – Keeping your volunteers
7 – Criminal Records Bureau and Volunteers with Criminal Records
8 – Volunteers with Particular Support Needs
9 – Involving Younger Volunteers
10 – Volunteer Drivers
11 – Volunteers Receiving Benefit
12 – Volunteers from Overseas
13 – Health and Safety
14 – Insurance
15 – Volunteers and Equal Opportunities
16 – Diversity and Equal Opportunities
17 – Useful Resources on Good Practice

http://www.groundswellcornwall.org/

Groundswell is a network of individuals, groups and organisations in Cornwall working towards developing sustainable Communities.  Please join this collaboration to make Cornwall a better place to live now and for future generations.

www.charity-commission.gov.uk
The Charity Commission is established by law as the regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales . The website has a variety of useful information from registering a charity to resources on child protection and being an effective trustee (located in the ‘Guidance for charities' section).

www.doh.gov.uk
The Department of Health website contains information on healthy living and child protection.

www.mediatrust.org
This media related website contains a variety of informative guides useful to volunatry and community groups. By clicking on the ‘Voluntary or not-for-profit organisation' link then ‘Online guides' you can access guides under headings such as Getting your website noticed, Dealing with the media, Writing a news release and Communicating with Young People.

www.cornwallmoneymatters.org.uk
This website is for community projects in Cornwall & the Isle of Scilly and provides information and sources of grant aid and assistance. Brief details of grants and loans are given with sources of further information listed.

www.stressbusting.co.uk
This website states it ‘is about stress and how to beat it. It provides a wide range of authoritative information about stress symptoms, therapies and relief, plus stress news, features and competitions, a unique Relaxation Zone, and a guide to stressbusting breaks'.

www.disclosure.gov.uk
www.crb.gov.uk
Both sites provide information on the Criminal Records Bureau and Disclosure procedure. The CRB website also contains fact sheets relating to CRB Disclosures under the ‘Media' tab including ‘Employing people with convictions' and ‘Disclosures at a glance'.

www.ivac.org.uk
The Islington Voluntary Action Council website contains a wide range of information that can be downloaded for use by organisations (with the understanding that IVAC are acknowledged). Information included on the site covers such areas as funding, budgets, constitutions, data protection, ICT audits and skills assessment along with model polices including a Volunteer Policy and Health and Safety policy.

www.resourcecentre.org.uk
By clicking on the ‘Info sheets' link you can access fact sheets on a variety of topics including Setting up a group, Roles of Committee Members, Raising Money, Policies and Procedures, Organising Meetings and Events.

www.voda.org.uk
This is the North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency website. Click on the ‘Information and Services' link, then 'VODA Information Sheets' to print useful fact sheets in areas including: Setting up a group, Running your group and the roles involved, Fundraising, Finance and Volunteer information.

www.volresource.org.uk
www.volresource.org.uk/samples/checklist.htm
This website provides checklists of policies and procedures, plus an extensive list of links to other sites.

www.green-fish.org.uk
Click on Resources, Green Fish factpack, Free Edition, The Factsheets and then select from 25 factsheets taking you from setting up a group to constitutions, holding events, marketing, managing volunteers, cashflow, budgets and VAT. The Fact Sheets can also be purchased on a CD Rom with a license for organisations to distribute the information as their own.

www.bbc.co.uk/bigchallenge/healthyworkplace
The website contains sections on including health at work, workstation ergonomics, changing your work culture, coping with stress, time management and bullying, along with a variety of other topics.

www.rnib.org.uk
Royal National Institute for the Blind – publishes information on making written material accessible to people with sight problems.

www.rcn.org.uk/publications/pdf/diversity-appraisal.pdf
Although this website is produced by the Royal College of Nursing within the context of the NHS it has useful information about diversity in the workplace, along with useful facts, figures and statistics on areas such as disability, gender and equality at work.