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Join The Panasonic Trust as Trustee
The Panasonic Trust is a charitable trust formed in 1984 to mark 10 years of successful manufacturing in the UK. The Trust is the responsibility of the Trustees who are proposed either from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) or from Panasonic, however the day-to-day operation of the trust and its activities are managed by the RAEng. While the...
19 Top Tips for Trustees
The Getting On Board Festival of Trusteeship was stuffed with useful tips for trustees and aspiring trustees. I am proud to be a trainer for Getting On Board. We have rounded up a...
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