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TOPIC: Accountability and Legal Liability
Listed below are a range of recommended sources of further information and advice regarding accountability and legal liability. Specific resources are identified on risk management [anchor to relevant section below]. Remember! The legal framework regarding voluntary and community organisations based in Northern Ireland is different from other parts of the UK. However, good practice principles and advice will be relevant to all groups.
Local support
Search the Signposting Directory for a fuller list of organisations in Northern Ireland who support and advise regarding the role of Management Committees.
Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
A membership organisation that provides support and advice for senior management staff and Management Committees within the not-for-profit sector.
Community Change
Provides training and support to improve the effectiveness of community groups and their Management Committees. Excellent guidance for small groups on accountability in financial management – order their publication Accounting for Change: financial guidelines for community groups. Tel. 028 9023 2587.
Community Evaluation Northern Ireland
Provides monitoring and evaluation advice and training to the community and voluntary sector.
Department for Social Development
Download their manual on Best Practice in Finance and Governance in the Voluntary and Community Sector for guidance on standards expected from groups that they fund in relation to accountability, risk management and financial management.
Evaluation Toolkit
Downloadable forms for planning, reporting and evaluating work, produced by the Scottish Arts Council.
Health & Safety Executive
Downloadable guidance on risk management and corporate responsibility.
NICVA
Downloadable resources on risk and insurance in their publications section. Contact the Charities Advice Service with specific queries Tel. 028 9087 7777.
Volunteer Development Agency
Downloadable resources in the publications section on risk assessment and volunteers, volunteers and the law, volunteers and insurance, etc.
ACOVO – Guide to RISK Management
Charity Commission – Charities and Risk Management
NCVO – Managing Risk: Guidelines for Medium Sized Organisations
NICVA – Member Services Advice Note 13: Risk Management
Volunteer Development Agency
Child Protection, Our Duty to Care – gives details of practice which minimises risk of harm to children. Volunteer Management Information, As Good as They Give, Book 5 - Volunteers and the Wider Organisation, pgs 11 -16
Volunteering Australia - Running the Risk
Wales Council for Voluntary Action – The Safer Volunteering Guidebook
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