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Titlesort ascending Description Type Topic Main audience
Group Handbook C4: Membership administration New members, membership renewals and using membership data.
Group Handbook C3: Your Coordinating Team Organising your team, making decisions, keeping records and dealing with concerns.
Group Handbook C2: Disclosure checks The disclosure process in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and what happens if an applicant has a criminal conviction.
Group Handbook C1: Volunteering with us Understanding your volunteer needs, recruitment, agreeing the role, welcome, induction and 'must do' training, supporting and recognising volunteers, and what to do when a volunteer leaves.
Group Handbook B6: Planning and delivering quality services and activities Understanding local need, our local priorities, clinical services and complementary therapies, delivering quality services and activities.
Group Handbook B5: Fundraising Our fundraising standards, merchandise, keeping fundraising legal and safe, financial matters and contributing to UK-wide work.
Group Handbook B4: Managing your finances Your financial responsibilities, financial records and controls, raising, holding and using funds, banking and account administration, VAT and Gift Aid.
Group Handbook B3: Giving information Dealing with information enquiries, our publications, giving information about grants and signposting to key local services.
Group Handbook B2: Using our brand Our brand values, using our brand in print, online and in email communication, Web to Print and MS Society branded materials.
Group Handbook B1: Availability, contact and communication Availability, being easy to contact, communicating with our members, and press and publicity.
Group Handbook Appendix 5: Code of Fundraising Practice in summary An overview of the Code as it applies to our volunteer-led groups.
Group Handbook Appendix 4: MS Society financial rules for groups Our financial rules for volunteer-led groups.
Group Handbook Appendix 3: MS Society rules for groups Our rules for groups and for volunteers included in the Group Handbook.
Group Handbook Appendix 2: Sources of support Contact details for all staff teams referred to in the Group Handbook.
Group Handbook Appendix 1: Volunteer website resource index A full list of online tools and written resources included in the Group Handbook.
Group Handbook A7: Keeping in touch Contact with your Local Networks Officer and maintaining a record of your services.
Group Handbook A6: Handling data Our personal data responsibilities, safe data storage and disposal, the rules for emails, using membership data, images and stories.
Group Handbook A5: Health, safety and wellbeing Safe volunteering, reporting accidents, risk management, equipment purchases and donations, safeguarding, services for young people, insurance and minibus administration.
Group Handbook A4: Our legal identity, policies and rules Our legal identity, our charitable objects, representing us and following our policies and rules.
Group Handbook A3: Our values and how we deal with problems Our organisational values, our Code of Conduct, equality, diversity and inclusion, and dealing with problems.