Policies and procedures

Any organisation needs rules and procedures to help it manage its day-to-day activities, such as recruitment, equal opportunities or child protection. In many cases such policies are required by funders and other stakeholders before they will support an organisation.

The following provides a framework for common policies and procedures and guidelines to help VCOs think about their own situation:

• accessibility and ICT
• back-up policy and procedures
• acceptable use policy
• data protection policy
• health and safety policies
• managing ICT risks
• ethics and ICT.