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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...
A mini guide to inclusive recruitment
The following by Dana Kohava Segal is an inspirational read. I feel like I should open this blog with a disclaimer: I’m not a recruiter. I don’t work in recruitment. I’m just a regular human who has been both an employer and an employee, someone who is surrounded by people from a huge range of backgrounds and life experiences, who is...
At the Association of Charitable Organisations we ran our first virtual AGM
As Chair of Trustees for the ACO I was a bit nervous about running an AGM virtually and in practice, it was very different from a face to face meeting. However, it allowed for a wider attendance and we had some great engagement. How we ran our first virtual AGM Several members have expressed an interest in how ACO went about...
Recruiting senior roles remotely
Recruiting during Covid-19 has presented its own set of challenges, talking to Rebecca O’Connor at Allen Lane it is clear that by being agile and responsive, they have been able to maintain business as usual whilst still delivering high standards of client and candidate care. Concerns they have heard from their clients that running a remote process from start...
As a charity trustee faced with uncertainty do you have a niggling worry that your premises may not be ideal?
When it comes to managing the organisation, charities are no different from businesses and need to think the way the best businesses think, to optimise their activities. After all, efficiency in a charity is vital. • Charities will be assessing their working practices post-COVID, to see if anything can be learned from changes which have in many cases, been forced...