#trustees week

Firms urged to back charity trustees

Trustees Unlimited is calling on UK employers to embrace corporate trustee programmes to help develop their employees’ skills.  The announcement comes during  Trustees Week

Sophie Livingstone, Manging Director at Trustees Unlimited highlights that board-level volunteering programmes like ‘Step on Board’ which Trustees Unlimited runs in partnership with the National Council for Voluntary…

Amazing Interest In Young Trustees- Articles from #Trusteesweek 2014

            It’s been an incredible Trustees’ Week so far. One of the things I have been struck by is the interest that there has been in young people becoming Trustees.

I have seen so many tweets about young people as Trustees being discussed at conferences, seminars and meetings across the country.

There have been more articles written about young people as Trustees than I have ever seen…

Gill Webber, Chair of YMCA Swansea, highlights the rewarding nature of being a board member

I have been a Trustee with Swansea YMCA for the past six years, the Chair of the Board for the last three.  Although the decision to become a Trustee shouldn’t be taken lightly and by the faint-hearted, it is not something to be frightened of either as it gives immense personal satisfaction.  I have had so many opportunities to experience new things and to help people in ways I would not ordinarily be able to do in my everyday life. 

Today's Trustees' Week blog comes from David Jones, trustee of South Denbighshire Community Partnership (and Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council)

Smaller charities depend on their trustees to govern, fundraise and manage the day to day activities of their organisation. Life as a trustee in these troubled financial times is, therefore, largely focused on fundraising and ensuring future sustainability.

Our organisation, SDCP, emerged to meet a local need which came about as a consequence of a time-limited Healthy Living Project, funded by the Big Lottery. Strong local authority support in providing a suitable building, together with funding from Welsh Government and WEFO, enabled us to kick start the project and provided the necessary impetus to allow us to move forward.

How To Become A Young Trustee

  The podcast above gives reasons for why young people should be Trustees and talks a little bit about my own Trustee Journey and why I set up Young Charity Trustees.

It includes 5 tips for young people who want to become trustees:

  1 Passion matters so much

2 Think outside the box when finding a role

3 Be as open-minded as you…

Two Trustee Events In The Run Up To #trusteesweek

In the run up to Trustees’ Week, I am speaking at two events on behalf of Young Charity Trustees.

First, on the 16th of October I am speaking at a ‘Becoming a Young Trustee’ Event, a collaboration between JCI and Getting on Board. As a JCI Award winner I look forward to sharing the importance of Trusteeship with some of their members. I will speaking alongside the brilliant Katherine Sparkes,…

#nominateatrustee- The Getting On Board Trustees’ Week campaign

Getting on Board has set up an excellent campaign in the run up to Trustees’ Week. There is more information here on the website, but essentially they want people to use the hashtag #nominateatrustee to nominate friends, family, colleagues and contacts to be Trustees. In my own experience, a lot of people don’t think they are ‘good enough’ to be Trustees until someone else recommends they…

Amazing New Video Competition for #Trusteesweek

    I’ve been involved in the working group for Trustees’ Week for the past few years. I’m very happy to share an exciting new competition with you.

The ‘One In a Million’ video competition has now been launched (hashtag #1milliontrustees).

Basically it is a competition where Trustees have the chance to tell their story about why Trusteeship makes them tick. It’s a chance to win a great prize,…