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Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency for Yorkshire & Humber. They are funded by central government and also receive funding from the EU. Their goal is to make Yorkshire & Humber a better place to live, work and invest, and to ensure that the region is able to compete on the domestic and global stage.
The organisation is dedicated to supporting local people secure sustainable employment and works to provide equal access to higher level skills and training. Yorkshire Forward is committed to removing barriers to economic opportunity to everyone by working with stakeholders from the private, public and third sector. For more information about Yorkshire Forward, please visit their website.
They have also set up a section on their website to help support businesses and individuals who are facing redundancy. The website combines the advice and guidance from various different agencies such as ACAS, Jobcentre Plus, Trade Unions and the Learning and Skills Council to help people get back to work. Click here to be directed to Yorkshire Forward's Redundancy Web Portal.
Acas guidance on managing through the recession
Providing employers and employees with the tools to get through the recession: practical advice and professional training.
How to manage your business in a recession
There's no script for running an organisation in this downturn. But tips to positively steer your organisation are provided in this Fortune Magazine article - ten ways to weather the storm.
At the heart of the matter
"Naked entrepreneur," Craig-Dearden-Phillips gives his thoughts on recession management in characteristically warts-and-all style. As a chief executive he understands the feeling of standing at a cliff edge.
Managing During the Recession
The Legge Company has written this guide for Managers based on experiences from the last recession.
10 Actions leaders can take to ride out a recession
A study by the Forum Corporation has identified ten actions that successful leaders can take in three areas during economic downturns to settle the organisation, keep it headed in the right direction, and emerge on top.
How to Survive the Recession
Business Weeks guide for CEOs. Compiling four actions CEOs need to take to make sure their company emerges triumphant from the recession.
A game plan for ensuring effective leadership in a recession
Business Week has written an article on how to ensure a CEO is successfully steering their business through a recession.
Charities and the Credit Crunch
Russell Cooke solicitors who specialise in charities have written an article for CTN - the trustees network - giving advice on Charities and the Credit Crunch
How to survive the recession
A Third Sector article written by Ben Kernighan, deputy chief executive, NCVO.
Doherty Stobbs
Specialise in helping third sector organisations with employee/employer relations, personal growth and development and mergers.
Road to Recovery
Guardian webpage with relevant and recent articles about the recession.
Business Link
This is a free business advice and support service available online and through local advisors. This service helps your business save time and money by giving you instant access to clear, simple and trustworthy information.
Small Business Owners Guide to Beating the Recession
Small Business Pro's top ten tips for beating the recession
Third Sector Management:
ACEVOs Free Guide to Surviving the Economic Downturn
A Charity's Guide is a compilation of advice from key experts in the fields of HR, fundraising and finance.
Reach Volunteering
Highly skilled volunteers are available through Reach to help the management team or trustees of voluntary organisations. Based on the particular needs of your organisation, the Reach service aims to find skilled individuals to work with you as trustees, on short term project-based assignments, to undertake a strategic review of your organisation or a specific area, and in longer term roles.
Minimise Waste - NCVO
It is only now that we are some months into the credit crunch, that many charities will start feeling the effects. If these have not been planned for then the organisations will need to act fast to minimise negative outcomes. That means on all fronts including, statutory income, loans, investments, insurance, energy costs, VAT and telecoms.
Managing in a Downturn
In November 2008 CFDG commissioned a survey on the potential impact of the economic downturn on the Charity Sector.
Survive and Thrive
NCVO's five top tips to deal with economic uncertainty
What Did the Winners of the Last Recession Do Right?
An Accenture article looking at the companies that came out of the financial gate most strongly after the last recession of the early 1990s to find out what they did right.
The Third Sector and the Current Economic Climate
NAVCA sent a written contribution to NCVO's recession summit in November 2008. The document is a compilation of the reports and views of NAVCA members and how they intend to tackle the problem.
The Third Sector and the Recession in Wales-Toward an Action Plan
The Wales Council for Volunary Action has published a report which addresses concerns about spending and service cuts within the sector.
Recession and the Third Sector
On 13th Feb the ESRC and SCVO held a seminar to help the third sector gain a greater understanding of the ramifications of the recession and how to address them. The speakers Dr. Philomena de Lima and Professor Jenny Harrow have made their presentations available.
Recession Summit Summary
At the end of 2008 NCVO and the Kevin Brannan MP hosted a summit to consider the effects of the recession on the Third Sector.
Civil Society Almanac 2009 Executive Summary
The annual publication of NCVO looks in detail at the charity sub sectors, and provides a look ahead at the prospects for the sector amidst a recession.
Lessons from previous recessions
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations website has published a briefing paper from the Recession Roundtable held by SCVO on 26th November 2008 which presents intelligence on what previous recessions tell us.
Recession Support for Councils
Recession support for councils. Idea.gov's resource for LGA's
Herts CVS Group's Monthly Update
This update contains a large section detailing help both specifically in responding to the recession and help generally available for charities and councils.
Third Sector Foresight
Strategic insight and planning tools for the UK voluntary and community sector
The Young Foundation - Fixing the Future
This paper is about how to mitigate the recession, and, where possible, turn crisis into opportunity. It has been prepared to provide a framework for thinking and action by governments and local authorities, voluntary organisations and businesses, linking the global dynamics of recession to action on the ground.
Charities and the economic crisis
Third Sector discusses the big issue - Charities and the economic crisis
Demand for volunteer placements is on the up. Read more 
