The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is a formal yearly meeting of the members of an association, company, charity or other organisation, for the purposes of holding elections and reporting on the year’s events.

This information sheet provides a basic introduction to employing people for the first time and covers the key elements that organisations need to have in place.

This example is intended for guidance purposes and should be adapted to suit your particular organisation.

Every organisation is made up of a variety of people who contribute in many ways, as trustees, volunteers and staff. Each person involved in the organisation will be different.

This example is intended for guidance purposes and should be adapted to suit your particular organisation.

This guidance is designed to introduce you, a charity or as an organisation that works with volunteers, to your health and safety responsibilities.

This is a template document, please amend and use as appropriate, we suggest that you set up with your own logo and branding.

The members of a governing body have a general duty to protect the organisation including adequately insuring it.

If you employ staff in your organisation, this information sheet will give you guidance on how to support their learning and development.

This example is intended for guidance purposes and should be adapted to suit your particular organisation.

If you want to start up a small charity, you will need a set of rules which explain what the charity does and how it is to be run.

This example is intended for guidance purposes and should be adapted to suit your particular organisation.