Resources, including model policies and procedures which have been designed by CVS for local voluntary or community organisations to reference when creating their own policies and procedures.
You should adapt a model to meet the needs of your organisation, as no two groups are alike. Policies should be formally adopted by the trustees/directors of the organisation.
If you need more advice about adapting models, or if you are looking for a policy that doesn’t seem to be in the list, please contact us.
- Complaints Policy (word version here)
- Conflicts of Interest Policy (word version here)
- Customer Care Policy (word version here)
- Data Protection Policy (word version here)
- Draft Simple Constitution (word version here)
- Environmental Policy (word version here)
- Equality and Diversity Policy (word version here)**
- Funding Strategy
- Fundraising Policy Help
- Fundraising Using Collecting Tins Guidance (word version here)
- Health and Safety Policy Help
- Modern Slavery Statement (word version here)
- Register of Interests (word version here)
- Reserves Policy
- Redundancy Pay & Notice Calculator (spreadsheet download)
- Risk Assessment Template (word version here)
- Risk Register Template (word version here)
- Safeguarding Adults Policy (word version here)
- Safeguarding Children Policy (word version here)
- Whistleblowing Policy (word version here)
** The EHRC have published the draft code of practice for the Equality Act 2010, updated following the ruling on sex and gender reassignment by the Supreme Court in April 2025 and much other legislative changes since the last code of 2011. The Charity Commission are understood to be issuing guidance in the autumn. When this is available CVS Bedfordshire will amend our model policy to be consistent with this new guidance – 5/8/2026.
If you are looking for Financial Procedures or Accounting Templates, we highly recommend Community Accounting Plus free toolkits - use the 'Toolkits' drop-down menu at the top of the webpage to find the relevant template.