Factsheets and Toolkits

Factsheets and toolkits for Greater Manchester's VCSE Sector

Salford CVS' Toolkits

A set of online information guides and toolkits have been produced for the VCSE sector by Salford CVS's development team.

Each toolkit offers basic information, advice and guidance to help voluntary and community organisations to set up, develop and grow.

Click on the links below to download your copy:

Collaboration Spectrum Toolkit

Community Buildings Toolkit

Deficit Budget and Dealing with Funding Cuts Toolkit

Employment & HR Toolkit

Marketing Toolkit

Risk Management Toolkit

Sports Clubs in Salford Toolkit

Volunteer Policy Toolkit

Where to get your statistics

GMVSS Factsheets

The factsheets were compiled by members of Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support (GMVSS), who collaborated to consolidate over 200 existing factsheets and produce new factsheets from scratch through a wide range of expertise. The aims of the initiative were to better co-ordinate and manage information for the sector, offering better consistency and access to crucial areas of support. The collaboration has included Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO), Voluntary and Community Action Trafford (VCAT), Tameside Third Sector Coalition (T3SC), and Bury Third Sector Development Agency (B3SDA).

Through a new format, the factsheets include everything from registering a charity to how to influence parliament and are now available to download below.

Funding for schools

Starting up

Social Enterprise

Registering for Charitable Status

Legal Structures

How to Start Up

Governing document (or constitution)

Financial Management

Final Creating Enterprise

Committees board of directors or trustees

Charities and VAT

Cashflow, forecastas and budgets