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Links to help strengthen your organisation

It's no secret. There are a million websites out there which can provide ideas and resources for NGO's of any size. Below are some of the best that we've found so far, categorised by what the website provides.

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Government resources

Charities Commission
http://www.charities.govt.nz/
A "must use" site for NGOs as it handles NGO Registrations, gives guidance for good governance and financial reporting.

Department of Internal Affairs
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf
This site contains information on grants, policy papers, legal issues, training and project monitoring for Community organisations and NGOs. Check out http://www.grantsonline.govt.nz/ for information on access to Lottery Grant and Community Organisation Grants Scheme applications.

Department of Labour
http://www.ers.govt.nz/
Everything you ever wanted to know regarding employment relations, such as calculating holiday pay, parental leave, and unions (who often support similar development initiatives to NGOs).

Local Government Online
http://access.localgovt.co.nz/
Covers information about New Zealand's 86 local government councils including contact details, policy documents and a library of resources.

NZAID
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/
The main government resource for international development NGOs. Has the most up to date information on KOHA, HAF and other funding streams.

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Volunteers and volunteering

Ethical volunteering
http://www.ethicalvolunteering.org/guide.html
A straightforward guide for anyone wanting to volunteer, or for those organisations who use volunteers.

Volunteering Overseas guide by VSA
http://www.vsa.org.nz/volunteer/VolunteeringBooklet.pdf
An excellent resource for the sector. This is more than a booklet for potential volunteers. It gives NGOs who use volunteers a lot to think about in terms of the type of volunteer programmes they run, and how those are viewed by the wider community.

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General and wide ranging websites

BOND - British Overseas NGOs for Development
http://www.bond.org.uk
CID's sister organisation in the UK, the BOND website provides an excellent series of Guidance Notes on a number of themes, from Project Budgeting to Advocacy and Core Funding.

BOND's Quality Standards Group website
http://quality.bond.org.uk/index.php
On this website, you'll find real-life case studies of how different NGOs manage quality. There are also easy-to-read summaries of key research and notes on related initiatives.

Centre for Global Action
http://www.globalaction.org.nz/
The office space that CID shares can be booked out for meetings, workshops etc. Contact Nikki Whyte for more information

Dev-Net
http://www.devnet.org.nz/
Linked to Dev-Zone, the Dev-Net site has lots of information that can be emailed directly to your mailbox. Find out about upcoming development related events in your neighbourhood.

Dev-Zone
http://www.dev-zone.org
Get linked to their Knowledge Centre, news emails and resources.

MANGO
http://www.mango.org.uk
A respected UK charity focused on strengthening NGO financial management, has produced an excellent set of guides. As a first step, work yourself through the Health Check to see where your NGO stands. Guides are in a variety of languages too!

NGO Cafe
http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ncafe-ks.html
NGO Café contains information on ‘kickstarting your NGO' with reference to networking, management, evaluation, partnership and capacity building.

Union of International Associations
http://www.uia.be/
Contains an independently sourced encyclopaedia, database and statistics on various and wide reaching topics related to international development.

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Governance and legal issues

Community Net
http://www.community.net.nz/
A great site for Advocacy, Governance, Human Resources and Funding and a Community Development Resource Kit that has easy steps for policy development. Check out the How-to guides.

Global Policy
http://www.globalpolicy.org/
Monitors and analyses policy making at the United Nations.

Law Access
http://www.lawaccess.lsa.govt.nz/default2.aspx
A website with legal related information and resources from variety of different organisations.

New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations
http://www.nzfvwo.org.nz/
The New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations is an excellent portal with tons of information. Most useful are quick, online exercises you can use to "test" if your organisation is up to date with new legal requirements. A must visit for many NGOs.

New Zealand Societies and Trusts
http://www.societies.govt.nz
Allows you to keep an eye on important developments with relation to your Charitable Status. Change details and search facilities are also available.

Our Community
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/
An Australian site that offers tons of general information for boards, fundraisers and managers.

Wild Rose Foundation
http://www.wildrosefoundation.ca/bdp/bulletins/Roles_Resp.pdf
A straightforward introduction to life on an NGO's board outlining roles and responsibilities.

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Media

Open Door
http://www.opendoor.net.nz/
If you're involved in an issue, a cause or an activity that you want people to know about, you can apply to make your own television documentary. Go on. Make TV worth watching.

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Website hosting and development

Avatar
http://www.avatar.co.nz/free-web-site-hosting.html
Every three months Avatar chooses a not-for-profit organization to host for free such as Greenpeace Aotearoa.

Charity Focus
http://www.charityfocus.org/
An international volunteer run organization that helps Not-for-Profits to create innovative websites.

Free Parking
http://www.freeparking.co.nz/
low cost domain name registration, and helps build your website using tutorials

Wellington Community Network
http://www.wcn.net.nz/
Offers free hosting for not-for-profit websites in the Wellington region. CID's website was hosted by them for years.

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NGO funding

Charity Focus
http://www.charityfocus.org/
As well as website development, Charity Focus has an easy online Pledge Page that helps NGOs raise money.

Good Practice Funding
http://www.goodpracticefunding.govt.nz/good-funding-processes/grants/funding-ngos-using-grants.html
Run by the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, this site is best suited for NGOs that do community development within New Zealand, as well as overseas.

NZAID
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz
The best source for keeping up to date on KOHA and HAF funding.

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