Toolkit
51 builders, checklists and registers. All of them are free, need no account, and save your progress in this browser.
Score each risk and name who manages it.
- You create
- A risk register and a risk map
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Set out goal, outcome, outputs and activities with measurable indicators.
- You create
- A completed logframe
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Design a programme
List costs in one currency and add indirect costs.
- You create
- A project budget with totals by category
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Manage finances
See how much income depends on each source.
- You create
- A funding mix summary
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Choose your rules and assemble a draft policy.
- You create
- A draft AI use policy for board review
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Adopt technology and AI
Ten statements on how ready you are to use AI.
- You create
- A score with next steps
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Adopt technology and AI
Fifteen statements a funder's checks may test.
- You create
- A score with gaps to close
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
Decide whether an opportunity is worth applying for.
- You create
- A go, go with care or no-go result
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- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Prepare for funding
Answer eight prompts and get a structured concept note.
- You create
- A concept note ready to edit
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
Set out how your work leads to the change you want.
- You create
- A one page theory of change
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Design a programme
Draft a narrative report in the order funders expect.
- You create
- A narrative report outline
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Build an agenda and papers outline for a board meeting.
- You create
- A board meeting pack outline
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Strengthen governance
Draft a safeguarding policy for your board to review.
- You create
- A draft safeguarding policy
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance
Capture direction, priorities and measures on one page.
- You create
- A one page strategy
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Write a clear role with reporting lines.
- You create
- A job description
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Gather the documents a funder is likely to ask for.
- You create
- A checklist of what you hold and what is missing
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
Check an application before you press send.
- You create
- A completed pre-submission checklist
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
Close each month the same way.
- You create
- A month-end checklist
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Record declared interests and how each is managed.
- You create
- A conflict of interest register
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance
Compare what you planned to spend with what you spent.
- You create
- A variance report by budget line
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- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Plan activities by month, with an owner for each.
- You create
- A dated activity plan
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Design a programme
Record what the organisation owns and who paid for it.
- You create
- An asset register
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Track funders from first research to a decision.
- You create
- A funding pipeline
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Prepare for funding
Put every board meeting, filing and report in one calendar.
- You create
- A twelve month obligations calendar
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Write down what two twinned organisations will do for each other.
- You create
- A twinning agreement
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Work with other organisations
Draft a memorandum of understanding with a partner.
- You create
- A draft memorandum of understanding
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Work with other organisations
Set out a safe route for reporting wrongdoing.
- You create
- A draft whistleblowing policy
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance
Agree how the organisation buys goods and services.
- You create
- A draft procurement policy
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Set rules for the personal information you hold.
- You create
- A draft data protection policy
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Adopt technology and AI
Record decisions and actions in a standard format.
- You create
- Minutes ready for signing
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance
Plan the yearly report you publish for supporters and funders.
- You create
- An annual report outline
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Agree the first actions with your twin.
- You create
- A 90 day twinning plan
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Work with other organisations
Track each indicator from baseline to target.
- You create
- A results table with progress against targets
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Bundle your passport, policies, budget and risk register into one zip for a funder.
- You create
- A zip of Word and PDF files with a cover page
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
See how long you could keep going if any one donor stopped.
- You create
- A planning estimate of months covered for each donor
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Find and replace personal details before text goes into an AI tool.
- You create
- Text with personal details replaced by labels
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Adopt technology and AI
Ready-made prompts for common tasks, checked for personal details before you copy.
- You create
- A prompt ready to paste into an approved AI tool
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Adopt technology and AI
Record visits on your phone, with photos and voice notes kept on this device.
- You create
- A field visit report as Word or PDF
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Capture most significant change stories, with consent, ready to share.
- You create
- A story collection as Word or PDF
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Your own deadlines, with repeats, reminders in your calendar and old policies flagged.
- You create
- A 90 day view and calendar files for Google or Outlook
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance
Run a meeting with a timed agenda, minutes and actions that carry over.
- You create
- Minutes with decisions, actions, owners and dates
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- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
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- Strengthen governance
See which tasks only one person can do, and how to cover them.
- You create
- A key person risk map with suggestions
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Guided questions for someone leaving, so their knowledge stays.
- You create
- A handover pack as Word or PDF
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Plan an organisation
Send a partner a health check by link and compare their answers with yours.
- You create
- Your and your partner's self-assessments side by side
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Work with other organisations
A rule-based checklist that reviews a concept note and lists specific fixes.
- You create
- A list of specific fixes
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Prepare for funding
Flags long sentences, passive voice and sector jargon, with plainer words.
- You create
- Suggestions for plainer text
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Find the Sustainable Development Goals and targets your project contributes to.
- You create
- A confirmed list of goals and targets for a proposal
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Design a programme
Test your grant budget against exchange rate changes.
- You create
- The budget's value and the most exposed lines at each rate
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Work out the cost per person reached, explained fairly.
- You create
- Cost per person, with a plain-English explanation
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Manage finances
Turn your indicator figures into a printable one-page infographic.
- You create
- A one-page infographic as PDF and PNG
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Collect and report evidence
Step by step guidance and a timestamped record for four kinds of incident.
- You create
- An incident record as Word or PDF
- Format
- On screen, with Copy to paste into Word or Excel
- Task
- Strengthen governance