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This session is part of our Board Essentials Programme, providing high-quality training to support people to become and serve as effective trustees.
In this 75-minute session, we'll give you a clear overview of your trustee responsibilities and take you through your legal duties in a clear and engaging way. There will be a chance to ask questions and we'll signpost you to further support. This session is also suitable as a refresher for existing trustees.
By the end of this introductory webinar you will understand:
Do charity accounts feel like a mystery? This 75-minute **lunchtime **session is designed to help trustees of small charities feel more confident reading and understanding their charity’s annual accounts. Whether you're new to trusteeship or simply want to demystify the numbers, this session will walk you through what to look for and why it matters.
In this webinar we will explore:
This 75-minute reflective session is designed for chairs of small charities to step back from the day-to-day and take a moment to reflect on the financial future of their organisations. Using the Association of Chairs’ five financial leadership questions as a guide, we will explore how these apply in your own context:
• How can we support trustees with their financial duties?
• What board arrangements will support strong financial governance?
• Do we have a clear financial plan?
• Do we have the financial information we need?
As chair, building and maintaining a successful relationship with your chief executive is a key part of the role. But it’s not always a simple task. Each relationship is complex, dynamic and unique and it needs time, energy and effort to make it a success.
This interactive session will look at what is needed at key stages in the chair-chief executive relationship including appraising your chief executive. We will provide insight and tips on how to build a successful relationship with your chief executive as well as pointers for when things go wrong.
We will cover:
Join Aida H Dee at Queer Lit for a joyful, inclusive, and inspiring family story hour, for the LGBTQ+ community and allies very welcome.
Join for a joyful, inclusive, and inspiring family event featuring Aida H Dee, founder of Drag Queen Story Hour UK and author of My First Pride.
When organisations work well, their different parts move together in sync. Structure, culture, core processes, decision‑making, and systems all shape how work gets done, forming an interconnected puzzle.
Most organisations learn: some formally through structured processes, others informally through day‑to‑day practice. The challenge is to understand how learning already happens in your organisation and then identify the right interventions to intentionally grow and strengthen a learning culture.
In this session, we (NPC) will look at learning as a culture‑change process through four lenses:
There is a wide range of not-for-profit structures ranging from registered charities to community interest companies. They all have specific benefits, and some drawbacks. This session will look at the main structures, and explain the benefits and issues associated with each of them.