Governance Weekly for 16th March
The weekly roundup from VANEL on good governance, charity trusteeship and non-profit leadership. News, information, resources and ideas. Complemented by our monthly “View from the Top” e-newsletter (Trustee Network members only), our “aboutgovernance” online discussion space for leaders and trustees and our @aboutgovernance Twitter feed.
If you missed the monthly Governance Roundup from NCVO recently, it’s still worth going back to it for a read. Read it in full here.
As always, there are a couple of challenging articles about Governance and Trusteeship appearing on the Guardian’s Voluntary Sector Network. They are however, worth a read as they demonstrate the state of governance across our sector as a whole.
So have a read of: “Charities must get tougher over governance: even if it hurts“. And there is a controversial article here assessing the value of trustees at all! With a response article following up on that here – combining both positive and negative attitudes. These attitudes to governance are very real and it’s a reason we at VANEL are keen to encourage good and better governance. But there are a million trustees in charities across the UK so its very likely that a lot of them are also carrying out their roles in a powerful and effective manner too. Sometimes the negative can outweigh the positive, but it would be nice to know about these positives too. If you’ve got thoughts on these articles I’d be very happy to hear from you.
Do you have new or less experienced trustees on board?
If so, we’re continuing to run our popular “Induction and Refresher Training for Trustees“. We’ll be setting a new date very soon for the next of these two hour sessions. So if you or your trustees would like to be added to the list, we’ll be trying our best to choose a date and time that suits as many people as possible. Prices are £10 per head or £15 for non-members or (potentially) free for trustees aged under 30. Contact me direct (see below) to book or express interest.
Finally, keep an eye out for the March edition of “The View from the Top”. We’ve been rethinking this publication over the past couple of months, but there will be a new issue out before the end of March. If you’ve not received it previously then please drop me an email and, if you are connected to a VANEL member or friend organisation then I’ll add you to the mailing list.
To discuss governance, trusteeship or leadership, or to subscribe to the Trustee Network, please drop me a line.
Karl Elliott, Development Manager
www.vanel.org.uk/governance – for resources and information
www.theviewfromthetop.org.uk
www.youngleadersmatter.org.uk
@aboutgovernance