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Trustee Resources

Topics: Structure and Strategy

There’s a huge array of support for trustees, including how to guides and training. We’ve listed some of the best. Click the orange links to be taken to the resources.

 

National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

Have a huge array of Governance and Trustee resources including their know.how guides to Governance including Getting Started with Governance and Improving Your Governance Practice which includes a Trustee Skills Audit and Trustee Induction Schedule and Pack.

 

The Charity Commission

The Essential Trustee-what you need to know, what you need to do

Finding new trustees guidance

Trustee Recruitment, Selection and Induction

They published five new guides or 5-minute reads for Trustees Week 2020:

  • Charity Finances: Find out how to make sure that your charity’s money is safe, properly used and accounted for.
  • Charity Rules and Purposes
  • Conflicts of interest: what charity trustees need to know and do to manage them.
  • Making decisions: what charity trustees need to know and do.
  • Your charity and the Charity Commission: what to send and what help you can get.

 

The Association of Chairs

Are a membership organisation supporting Chairs and Vice Chairs of charities and social enterprises to help people lead good governance and run an effective trustee board. Join a network of over 700 Chairs, Vice Chairs, Chairs Elect, Chairs of board committees and former Chairs representing large and small charities and non-profits in the UK for training, resources and networking events for an annual fee £50-100.
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They published a handy guide of Top Tips for chairs of smaller charities for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

 

The Foundation for Social Improvement (the FSI)

Have videos from their own Essential Trustee Series to refresh the knowledge of existing trustees and/or as an introduction to new trustees

 

Charity Excellence Framework (CEF)

The CEF online toolkit enables any charity trustee board to easily assess every aspect of governance, against the charity governance code. Simply login and start using it

The CEF online toolkit

 

Young Trustees Movement

Are asking organisations to make a pledge to create more inclusive trustee boards and in return you can access resources to support your work. They have lots of initial resources to get you started.

Make a pledge

Resources to get you started

 

Lloyds Bank Foundation

Have developed a resource pack with the Foundation for Social Improvement  on Trustee Recruitment, Selection and Induction HERE

Download the resource pdf

 

Click on the below orange links to read our trustee-related blogs for much more information and resources:

  • Supporting Trustees
  • Finding Trustees #1
  • Finding Trustees #2

 

More resources

  • SKC Marketing Toolkit
  • The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities presentation
  • Leadership training
  • Fundraising and financial support
  • Opening a bank account
  • Arts Council England presentation for Funder Tuesdays
  • Managing Conflict Training
  • Managing finances
  • Strategy, planning and running your organisation effectively
  • Digital Communication Tools

 

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