“A Breath of Fresh Air”. Do you have Young Trustees on your board?

Nationally, less than 0.5% of charity board Trustees are aged 18-24.  Yet young people make up 12% of the population and are an important demographic part of our society.

They also offer skills, perspectives and an outlook that could give great value to Charities.

The Charity Commission has looked closely at this shortage of younger people on charity boards.  They’ve produced a report called “A Breath of Fresh Air” (download it here).

It’s worthwhile every local charity reading it and considering how to engage with younger people as Trustees.

At VANEL we’re certainly keen to help address this shortage of younger people on Trustee boards locally.  So keep an eye on this blog for our plans for National Trustees’ Week (10th – 16th November) and the events we’ll have focusing on younger trustees.  (follow updates here http://vanel.org.uk/va/tag/trusteesweek/)

If you have gaps on your board, think about younger trustees.
If you already work with younger trustees, great – we’d love to meet them.
If you’re trying to recruit young trustees let us know so we can help promote the opportunities.
If you work with young people, can you help encourage them into these types of leadership roles?

If you’d like to talk to us more about this topic, please contact Karl Elliott, Development Manager at VANEL via karl@vanel.org.uk.