Supporting voluntary and community groups can be hard work. Tried and tested practical tools can help. In addition, SKiLD provide a number of online tools available through their website. SKiLD tools for development workers is a new set of bite-sized exercises to support work with groups.

This is a simple glossary of phrases commonly used in the context of voluntary sector funding and social enterprise.

Weblink: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/sfp/?id=3622

ICT Glossary from ICT Hub Knowledgebase:

http://www.icthubknowledgebase.org.uk/index.php?id=46

VCS Jargon Buster that has been compiled from a variety of sources by ladder4learning:

http://vcsjargonbuster.wikispaces.com/A

Web: http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/wellbeing/toolkit/intro.htm

I am grateful to Citizen's Advice for permission to offer this toolkit as a resource to subscribers of networks which include Experts Online. It was created by a team in which I am project manager, the GKG Collective.

FROGLOOP:

Website: http://www.frogloop.com/social-network-calculator

Attached is a Gantt chart, a simple industry standard way to plan projects. It follows the practice of separarating time from task, with time going across the page and tasks listing down the left hand column. For those new to this, Gantt was an idustrial researcher at the turn of the 20th Century. He realised that idle workers were waiting on the output of very busy workers.

Attached is a template plan and a Framework in Word to help organisations develop and write a Business Plan.

It is intended for non-profit organisations at any time from set up to organisational definition. It will be a useful resource for funding applications, for annual report information and for any purpose for which you need to describe what you do. 

Be aware, be very aware - from the people the brought you FixMyStreet and TheyWorkForYou comes PlanningAlerts.com.