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Rosa and Smallwood Trust announce 70 new grants through the Women Thrive Fund
As Chair of Trustees at the Smallwood Trust we are delighted to announce 70 new grants worth £1.9 million, which we made through the Women Thrive Fund in partnership with Rosa. Together, we’re resourcing 70 specialist women’s and girls’ organisations that support women and girls with their mental health and financial resilience across the UK. The work of these organisations...
How CEOs manage excessive workload
For Blume I wrote the following article about coping with excessive workload based on my own experiences and on conversations with other chief executives. Running a charity has never been easy, during the COVID19 crisis it has become even harder. How do hard pressed charity CEOs cope with the heavy workload and support their team? I have had some fascinating...
Supporting people who work in the Charity Sector.
We are all disappointed by yet another lockdown but with the role out of the vaccine, there is hope for a better 2021. However, for many people, there have been devastating changes. Working in the charity sector I have seen the impact the pandemic has had on both the people who depend on the support of charities and the wonderful people...
Opportunity to shadow Smallwood Board member.
The Smallwood Trust is committed to exploring new ways to help bring equality, diversity and inclusion into all of our work to support our goal of ending gendered poverty. Having recently increased the skills, perspective and diversity of the Board by appointing two new members (read more here), the Trust would now like to offer the opportunity...
New Year message
If it didn't bring you joy just leave it behind Let's ring in the New Year with good things in mind Let every bad memory go that brought heartache and pain And let's turn a new leaf with the smell of new rain Let's forget past mistakes making amends for this year Sending you these greetings to bring you hope and cheer Happy New Year! By unknown
Festival of Trusteeship
As part of Getting On Boards Festival of Trusteeship I am running "Knowing your place; how to be strategic". A webinar on Wednesday 4th November at 5pm. Use code GONB50 for 50% off. Book HERE
Where Now for the Sector?
What is the role of the sector in the recovery – e.g. in terms of promoting greater social cohesion? Should the sector be looking at consolidation/mergers/greater collaboration? How do we balance servicing increased demand v. ensuring short/medium term financial sustainability? These are just some of the questions addressed during the panel discussion at the ACO Conference this week. Panellists:
Become a charity trustee.
Have you ever thought of becoming a charity trustee? Join me for this 1-hour FREE webinar to find out how to become a great Charity Trustee and where to find the opportunities. BOOK NOW Virtually all Charities are having to adapt to today’s unprecedented challenges, threats, needs – and opportunities. Huge demands on their services. Dramatic reductions in...