Social Media Gets A Voice!
Today is World Voice Day (#WVD2013 – 16/04/2013), a day to demonstrate the importance of voice in our daily life. Our voice used to be one of our main methods of communication, but now it is constantly competing with messaging, texting and tweeting. However things look as if they are about to change thanks to […]
Becoming a Trustee
Written by a non-trustee I have never felt the urge to become a trustee because I felt I lacked the skills and experience. But I have realised people at my age, 27, can become a trustee as long as they have an interest in the organisations work and the relevant skills. It’s so important for […]
Recruiting New Volunteers
The first few weeks after volunteers have been recruited are the most crucial; this is when an organisation makes a lasting impression on the volunteer. I’ve had good and bad experiences myself when I’ve been recruited as a volunteer that reflected on the amount of time I have spent with them as a volunteer. Luckily, […]
Young Trustees!
It’s not all about age Speaking to Alex Swallow, founder of Young Charity Trustees at our October Harrow Trustee Network brought home to me just how important it is to get young people to join groups as trustees. I meet groups all the time who say to me “we really need more young people like […]
Social Media
Like, Follow, Stumble…Grow? Social Media is great! It allows us to communicate with friends and family, connects us with new people, and build upon existing relationships. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is peel our eyes away from our smartphones, laptops and tablets. Leaving us like technologically absorbed walking zombies. Whilst Facebook and Twitter seem to […]
Trusteeship Responsibilities
“With great power comes great responsibility” even in a small community group In the last year there has been so much debate in the national voluntary sector journals and blogs about the Charities Act Review, payment of trustees, fines for late submission of accounts to the Charity Commission, regulation of fundraising and trustee development and […]
