Planning and strategy

Building Better Trustee Boards: Skills, Behaviour and Participation

Effective boards require more than technical expertise. They rely on the right mix of skills, behaviours, perspectives and participation to make sound decisions and fulfil their responsibilities.

This flagship Trustee Week webinar will explore the findings of CGIUKI's Modern Trustee research and consider what organisations can do to build stronger, more inclusive and more effective boards.

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Building Resilient Charities for the Future

As part of Trustees’ Week, join HCR Law and Cazenove Capital for a practical webinar exploring how charities can build long-term resilience and achieve sustainable growth.

The charity sector continues to face significant pressures, from increasing demand for services and funding challenges to changing regulatory requirements and governance responsibilities.

Against this backdrop, trustees, senior leaders and charity advisers must make strategic decisions that protect their organisations today while preparing for tomorrow.

Who should attend?

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Cranfield Trust: Navigating the new public sector procurement landscape

The public sector in England is undergoing its most significant reorganisation in decades. Across the country, councils are merging, combined authorities are forming, new mayoral positions are being created and NHS commissioning bodies are merging. For charities, these changes bring both uncertainty and opportunity. This webinar will guide you through how to navigate the new landscape and how to get the most out of current procurement processes. 

This 60-minute session (including Q&A), will cover: 

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Media Trust: How to help people find your charity through AI search

Discover Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) and how to improve your charity’s visibility across AI-powered search platforms

The way people search for information online is changing. More and more people are finding charities through AI-generated answers instead of traditional search results. Whether they’re asking Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity or another AI tool, supporters increasingly expect quick, trusted answers rather than a list of websites to click through.

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Community Security

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Community Security Trust (CST) welcome you to a webinar on Community Security.

This is an introduction to Community Security, looking at the implications of Martyn’s Law – the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – and providing practical security advice.

The webinar will also discuss risk assessments and the preparation of an action plan. This is a detailed introduction to security for places of worship and vulnerable communities.

 
 

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Event security

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Community Security Trust (CST) welcome you to a webinar on Event Security.

Are you hosting large events? Would you like some helpful hints to assist in keeping your event safe?

The Event Security webinar offers advice on appropriate security measures to improve people's safety at events of different types and sizes.

Updated to reflect Martyn's Law.

 

 
 

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nfpResearch webinar – What does 2027 look like? The big questions for charities planning next year

2027 looks different for charities. Fewer people give, but those who do give more. Trusts and foundations are swamped with applications. AI is changing how people find charities, and a new Prime Minister has reset the agenda at Westminster. What should charities be planning for?

nfpResearch tracks the public, MPs, journalists and funders for charities across the UK and beyond. In this session, Tim Harrison-Byrne and Cian Murphy will draw on that research to set out the questions we think will matter most next year, and what the data says about each.

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