Trustee Training Course - London

This carefully designed one-day course is an effective way of meeting the training needs for new trustees, but will also act as a powerful refresher course to existing trustees who need to keep abreast of changes.

The Day

09:30
Registration and coffee
 
10:00
Introductions

10:15
What is expected of trustees
- collective authority and responsibility of trustees
- acting solely in the interests of the charity
- not benefiting
- when trustees can be personally liable
 
11:15
Tea and coffee
 
11:30
What is governance?
- the relationship between governance and management
- trustees’ job description
- the three key strands of governance: corporate/fiduciary; strategic and impact
 
12:15
Information needs of trustees
- when too much detail is dangerous – when detail could be important
- issues to be addressed by trustees: why agendas are important
 
13:00
Lunch
 
14:00
Charity case study
Delegates split into groups to decide how best to lead the charity in the case study out of its difficulties
 
15:15
Tea and coffee
 
15:30
Relationships with your chief executive and chair of trustees
- holding the chief executive to account without meddling in management
- the chair’s role and decision-making between meetings
 
16:15
End
 
Venue: Bircham Dyson Bell, 50 Broadway, Westminster, London SW1H 0BL.

Full deails and a registration form can be found in the attachment below.