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Building effective Trustee Boards
If you are a charity trustee or have been one I am sure you are as interested as I am in what makes an effective board. Every charity is different, every trustee is different and effective boards will look different... read more »
UK benevolent funds hand out £216m as hardship grows.
As Chair of Trustees for both The Association of Charitable Organisation and the Smallwood Trust I was delighted to see the following article in The Guardian at the weekend. Return of pre-welfare state charities created to... read more »
Charity2020 meeting - 17th March - BOOK NOW
Charity 2020 brings together senior people in the charitable sector to meet leading figures from this and other sectors to gain the benefit of their views on major topics of current interest. The next meeting is on Tuesday 17th March and our speaker Anne-Marie Piper,... read more »
Effective performance management - Individuals goals aligned to the Charities values
One of the golden rules when setting goals is to ensure that they are SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound. But being smart alone isn't necessarily enough to guarantee that your... read more »
UK Social Sector Health Check Report
For Charity Bank's inaugural UK Social Sector Health Check report, they polled 182 social sector leaders to understand the challenges they face and to assess the impact of the current climate on the sectors ability to respond to the needs of people and communities. They invited guest contributors to... read more »
Is safeguarding the new governance hazard?
The introduction of the Charity Governance Code (July 2017) was welcomed by the sector and endorsed and supported by the Charity Commission (the ‘Regulator’). In April 2018 a story broke revealing Save the Children mired in allegations that it had failed to investigate sexual abuse... read more »
Charity Health Check
As a Trustee or the CEO of a charity, there are lots of demands on your time and resources. Being confident that all aspects of the charity are functioning as they should means constant monitoring and adjustment. Conducting a charity health check is an... read more »
Charity Branding
Veteran brand consultants Ollie Leggett and David Crichton have distilled their 40+ years of combined branding experience into a practical, accessible guide to why, when, and how to successfully refresh, reposition or rearticulate your brand. Originally published in three parts,... read more »
Trustees and diversity
A great article in Third Sector by Sophie Livingstone, Managing Director of Trustees Unlimited 06 November 2019 People are civil society's most important asset, and it is vital that charity boards are open to new ideas and perspectives Sophie... read more »
Employee engagement starts at the top.
As an Interim CEO I have come across boards telling me that their charity managers are not performing. My first thought is; who manages the managers, because without strong leadership you cannot expect effective managers. You get engaged managers and employees when your... read more »