A real understanding of Technology, Social Media, Campaigning and CoCreation is the in-demand skill needed to help create and support the charities of tomorrow, today. But organisations are struggling to find and retain trustees who can bring those skills to effective governance.
What can we learn about tackling 'diversity deficits' from other sectors? This report from the Good Governance Institute explores this challenge in the context of the NHS.
In the autumn of 2010 / spring of 2011 a group of pairs of chairs and CEOs from cultural organisations attended four lunches, each of which featured a different guest speaker and topic.
The Charity Commission requires charities to report serious incidents. This guidance helps charity trustees identify serious incidents. It also explains how to report them and what to report.
The best strategy to avoiding problems is being aware of how things could go wrong, taking steps to avoid issues and knowing what steps you would take if something did happen. Awareness and prevention are better than a cure. The AoC provides some useful resources for charity boards you can use.
Safeguarding should be a key governance priority for all charities, so the Charity Commission for England and Wales has set out 10 actions trustee boards need to take to ensure good safeguarding.
