Our Work: Code of Governance Support for your Group
Our Work: Code of Governance Support for your Group
Community Action: MK have secured funding from MK Community Foundation to support local groups to apply the new Charity Governance Code and to recruit Trustees from the local business sector.
The Code is a practical tool to help charities and their trustees develop high standards of governance. Read more about this Code and using this Code.
NCVO suggest if there’s one thing you do this Trustees’…
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CVQO are delighted to join in the celebrations for Trustees Week.
Trustees play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about our charity’s work.
Trustees’ Week is an annual event to showcase the great work that trustees do and highlight opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference.
At CVQO we are immensely grateful to Lord Lingfield who is our Chairman of Trustees and plays such a vital role in helping us determine future direction and policy for CVQO.
In the first of our series of guest blogs in celebration of next week’s Trustees’ Week (2-8 November) Rosemary Butler AM talks about the importance of getting more women on our boards.
In my role as Presiding Officer for the National Assembly for Wales, I have been fortunate enough to meet many volunteers and board members of charitable organisations from across Wales. I am always struck by the enthusiasm they have for their cause and their willingness to give up so much of their time. Despite the unwavering commitment of those people who are already involved in the 33,000 charities and community projects across Wales, more people need to get involved. Specifically, more women.
You might be thinking, “Why does it matter?” Surely, any volunteers are good volunteers, be they a man or a woman! This is certainly true. However, evidence and research show there are many reasons why we need diversity:
Greater diversity at top tables leads to different issues being put on the agenda and discussed at meetings
Decisions are more likely to take account of different viewpoints which leads to more responsive services and better business practice; and
Diversity helps organisations to be in tune with the people they serve, or they represent.
And these findings hold true not only for trustees on charity governing bodies, but also for organisations with responsibilities for the governance of our country. And they should certainly lead by example, something which is not happening in Wales. Even though 51% of the population in Wales are women:
Only 4.5% of council leaders in Wales are women; and
Only 18% of local government chief executives are women
So diversity makes sense - of course it does. But why should individuals give up their free time to become trustees? Well there are plenty of reasons. As a trustee you will:
Put your skills and experience to use and make a lasting difference to a cause you care about;
Have the opportunity to learn about the management and strategy side of charities by taking on a leadership role;
Work with new and interesting people from a diverse background;
The experience will enhance your CV and may open doors to new career paths - this is particularly valuable for younger people.
And I could go on. In giving up your time, you are giving back to your community - both your local community and your wider community. I have been involved with many organisations at a trustee level over my career, and so I speak from personal experience when I say that putting yourself forward for public life can undoubtedly be a worthwhile experience.
In 2012 I launched a campaign - Women in Public Life, with the aim of reducing the barriers that women face in public and professional life in Wales, and encouraging more women to get involved in public life. There is, after all, only one way the grim statistics will change, and that is by more women taking an active role in public offices.
Support is out there to help you take the next step; in partnership with Women Making a Difference, I launched a web portal which provides information to women about how to get involved in public office, the latest vacancies, training opportunities and testimonies from inspirational women who have already succeeded in public office. I suggest that you sign up to receive our monthly newsletter! The more women that get involved, the more other women will be inspired to make a difference themselves.
So my message to you is to get involved, think about what is important to you and make your voice heard.
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.
The experience has been a real rollercoaster - exciting, scary, fun, educational, bewildering, fulfilling and alarming (sometimes all at the same time) but nevertheless addictive. I have made wonderful new friends and acquaintances, helped to solve some incredible problems, enjoyed new experiences and importantly learnt so much from my colleagues (both on the board and staff team).
Complementing this has been the opportunity to attend a wide variety of conferences with specialist speakers and workshops, undertake formal training (which has helped me to ensure I act knowledgeably and responsibly) and being mentored and supported in London by highly experienced global business people under the Pilotlight scheme to help the organisation achieve far greater things than I could ever have imagined.
All have given me the confidence and tools to support the rest of the Board and staff team to embrace the issues that have faced the organisation, including:
major building refurbishment
health and safety issues including securing additional finance to cover large, unexpected costs
developing and strengthening systems and processes in order to secure and retain large contracts
achieving and managing lead body status for national projects
cash flow concerns
tenancy issues
new competitors
HR challenges and opportunities
reshaping services to meet changing community needs and wants
establishing new social enterprise schemes
core partners going into liquidation
legal and difficult partner matters.
The experience has certainly helped me to develop personally, but most importantly feel rewarded for making a difference and playing an essential part in helping to transform people’s lives for the better.
Sut mae bod yn ymddiriedolwr wedi fy helpu i ddychwelyd i’r gwaith
Mae hi’n Wythnos Ymddiriedolwyr 2013, sy’n dathlu gwaith caled ysbrydoledig byrddau ymddiriedolwyr ar hyd a lled y wlad. Bob dydd yr wythnos hon, byddwn yn cyhoeddi blogiau gan ymddiriedolwyr o bob rhan o Gymru yn ymdrin ag amrywiaeth o bynciau ynglŷn â llywodraethu, o gyflogi pobl i ddenu ymddiriedolwyr ifanc. Dewch yn ôl bob dydd yr wythnos hon i weld y blog diweddaraf.
Heddiw, mae Camilla Lovelace yn egluro sut y bu i’w gwaith fel ymddiriedolwr ei helpu i ddychwelyd i’r gwaith.
Yn dilyn blynyddoedd yn adsefydlu ar ôl llawdriniaethau dychrynllyd ar fy ymennydd, fy ngwaith gwirfoddol fel ymddiriedolwr a sicrhaodd cyfleoedd am waith a oedd yn realistig ac yn ddeallusol foddhaol.
Roedd yn enghraifft ardderchog o rinwedd nodweddiadol y sector gwirfoddol i fod yn hyblyg ac i beidio â barnu.
Roedd pobl yn adnabod fy sgiliau a’m profiad gwerthfawr yn hytrach na’m diystyru fel oedolyn anabl. Roedd gweithio fel ymddiriedolwr yn fodd i mi godi fy hunanhyder, gwella fy rhwydweithiau a hyfforddi ar gyfer gwaith cyflogedig.
Gyda degawdau o brofiad mewn gwasanaethau i blant ac ar ôl ymddeol o’m swydd yn y sector statudol, deuthum yn ymddiriedolwr gweithgar ac ymroddedig ar gyfer elusen ym Merthyr Tudful sy’n darparu gwasanaeth cyfeillio i rieni sydd â phlant ifanc.
Manteisiais ar hyfforddiant perthnasol a pharhau i wneud gweithgareddau codi arian proffesiynol o ffynonellau amrywiol. Roedd hyn yn fy ngwneud yn gyflogadwy a llwyddais i gael swydd ran amser yn gweithio gyda phobl ifanc dan anfantais. Roedd fy nghymwysterau cymorth cyntaf, diogelu plant ac iechyd a diogelwch i gyd yn gyfredol ac roeddwn yn gallu profi sgiliau allweddol diweddar megis cyfrinachedd, cadw cofnodion a rheoli amser.
Euthum ymlaen i reoli prosiect chwarae yng Nghaerdydd yn rhan amser. Arweiniodd hyn at ailgysylltu â llawer o weithwyr proffesiynol yn fy maes. Roeddwn yn mynd i gynadleddau ac yn ôl ar y sîn. Bellach roedd fy anaf i ryw raddau y tu ôl i mi ac roedd fy strategaethau ymdopi yn cryfhau gyda phob wythnos waith.
Roeddwn yn byw ym Merthyr ac yn dal i weithio fel ymddiriedolwr – bellach ar gyfer cylch chwarae (Plant bach). Ymgymerais â’r rôl codi arian a chymryd cyfrifoldeb am reoli uwch aelodau o staff. Roedd y cyswllt lleol hwn yn bwysig dros ben oherwydd roeddwn yn gallu mynd i ddigwyddiadau ymgynghori, dysgu’r methodolegau cynllunio ac adrodd hanfodol diweddaraf a chyfrannu at gynlluniau strategol.
Eto, diolch i’m gwaith fel ymddiriedolwr, roeddwn mewn safle da iawn a phan gododd swydd wag fel Swyddog Datblygu Chwarae TCPA ym Merthyr, wel, fy swydd i oedd hi. Roeddwn yn ymwneud â phob agwedd ar ddatblygu chwarae ac enillais fy nhystysgrif addysg i raddedigion ochr yn ochr â fy mrif ddyletswyddau. Cefais bron i bum mlynedd mewn swydd roeddwn yn ei charu tan i’r rôl ddod i ben yn gynharach eleni.
Rwyf ar hyn o bryd yn ymddiriedolwr ar gyfer Cymdeithas Cymuned Bwylaidd y Cymoedd. Ysgogodd hyn i mi edrych ar y ffordd orau o ddatblygu fy sgiliau dysgu newydd. Defnyddiais grant ReAct i gwblhau cymhwyster Dysgu Saesneg Caergrawnt a nawr rwy’n gwneud gwaith gwirfoddol yn dysgu Saesneg. Gobeithiaf y bydd hyn yn arwain at waith cyflogedig maes o law.
Rhan o’r mwynhad a geir o fod yn ymddiriedolwr yw gweld ymddiriedolwyr newydd yn ymuno, yn cael y cymorth a’r hyfforddiant sydd ei angen arnynt a’u gwylio wrth i’w gorwelion ehangu.
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Pwysigrwydd yr iaith Gymraeg fel sgil wrth fod yn ymddiriedolwr
Mae hi’n Wythnos Ymddiriedolwyr 2013, sy’n dathlu gwaith caled ysbrydoledig byrddau ymddiriedolwyr ar hyd a lled y wlad. Bob dydd yr wythnos hon, byddwn yn cyhoeddi blogiau gan ymddiriedolwyr o bob rhan o Gymru yn ymdrin ag amrywiaeth o bynciau ynglŷn â llywodraethu, o gyflogi pobl i ddenu ymddiriedolwyr ifanc. Dewch yn ôl bob dydd yr wythnos hon i weld y blog diweddaraf.
Heddiw, Mae Efa Gruffudd Jones, Prif Weithredwraig Urdd Gobaith Cymru, yn sôn am ei gwaith gwirfoddol fel ymddiriedolwraig.
Mae cael aelod o fwrdd rheoli sy’n gallu siarad Cymraeg yn bwysig iawn. Nid yn unig y mae’n dangos bod y tîm o ymddiriedolwyr yn cynnwys ystod eang o bobl, ond mae’n dangos bod mudiad yn ystyried y Gymraeg fel elfen bwysig o’i waith ac wrth brif-ffrydio’r iaith.
Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n ymddiriedolwr i CWVYS, y mudiad ymbarél i fudiadau ieuenctid gwirfoddol yng Nghymru yn ogystal â WCVA. Rwy'n mwynhau'r gwrthgyferbyniad rhwng cynorthwyo mudiad llai ei faint, a gallu canolbwyntio ar newidiadau polisi mewn un maes penodol, a'r gorolwg mwy eang sydd ei angen wrth edrych ar waith WCVA.
Mae gwaith y ddau fudiad yn plethu gyda fy ngwaith bob dydd fel Prif Weithredwr i Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Rwy'n gobeithio bod modd rhannu arferion da'r ddwy ffordd. Rwy'n dysgu pethau, ond rwy'n gobeithio fy mod i hefyd yn gallu rhannu o fy mhrofiad i.
Fel mudiad sy'n gweithredu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg mae'n hanfodol i ymddiriedolwyr Urdd Gobaith allu siarad Cymraeg. Ar yr un pryd, ry'n ni'n awyddus i gael trawstoriad o brofiadau, oedrannau ac arbenigedd. Ry'n ni hefyd yn awyddus i gael trawstoriad daearyddol er mwyn sicrhau bod penderfyniadau cytbwys yn cael eu gwneud sy'n cynrychioli dyheadau ein haelodau o bob rhan o Gymru.
O ran WCVA, credaf ei fod yn bwysig bod siaradwyr Cymraeg ar y bwrdd er mwyn gallu cynrychioli sector penodol o bobl sydd yn awyddus i ddefnyddio gwasanaethau WCVA ac sydd yn gallu cael budd ohonynt.
Rwy'n mwynhau cydweithio gyda phobl dw i ddim yn gweithio gyda nhw o ddydd i ddydd, ac mae'n rhoi cyfle i fi feddwl am fy ngwaith bob dydd a'i weld mewn golau arall.
Ydy bod yn ymddiriedolwr yn llafurus o ran amser? Mae modd gwneud pob math o bethau dim ond o gynllunio yn ofalus!
O ran yr Urdd, rydym wedi darganfod bod cynnal cyfarfodydd am 5 neu 6 o'r gloch yr hwyr yn gweithio'n dda - gall pobl ddod i wirfoddoli yn syth wedi diwrnod gwaith yn hytrach na gorfod gadael tân cynnes am 8 y nos ar noson oer o aeaf.
Mae'r holl fudiadau rwy'n ymwneud a hwy bellach yn defnyddio offer fideo gynadledda ac mae hyn yn gallu arbed llawer iawn o amser teithio. Mae modd cyfrannu hefyd ar e-bost yn ddigon hawdd rhwng cyfarfodydd.
