Choosing the Right Chairperson

The trustee board of a charity or voluntary organisation is, in most cases, going to be made up of uniquely passionate individuals, fully invested in the operations and success of their cause and deeply concerned with the quality of their organisation’s decision making. Concentrated passion and enthusiasm like this is a priceless asset to anybody, […]

Trustees have many different names

Different names, same roles and responsibilities Charity Trustees have many names: Management Committee Member Executive Committee Member Governing Board Member Non-Executive Director Board Member Governor  Director Chair/Chairman Treasurer Trustee Anyone responsible for the general control and management of the administration of a charity is a trustee.

Thank You Trustees!

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to every single Harrow Trustee for getting involved to publicise #trusteesweek! With particular thanks going to Victoria Silver (@VictoriaSilver4) for getting us so many great photos, you’re fantastic.  Harrow Trustees you’ve gone national: Click Here It has been an INCREDIBLE week and VAH know it has inspired a lot of people, to find out […]

Trustee Week 2012

“This is what a TRUSTEE looks like” “Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the charity’s work. Trustees’ Week is an annual event to showcase the great work that trustees do and highlight opportunities for people from […]

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 […]

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 […]