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Proud to be and support small
Small charities make a massive difference, serving thousands of people, causes, and communities. Small Charity Week is a moment to focus on all that these organisations do and…
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Being a young trustee: What I learned (and what boards should think about)
Guest blog by Kirsty McEwen, a Partner at Higgs LLP and Head of Charity & Not for Profit. She is a charity lawyer specialising in governance, constitutional and…
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Boards, the CEO, and the senior leadership team – working well together
Effective board and senior leadership team (SLT) relations have hallmarks, things that you can feel at work and are sustained by positive behaviours. In this article, by governance…
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Helping your chair and board to be more effective
This is the second blog by Liz Lowther, CEO of AoC, about this research. Read the first blog. In my last blog we explored the AoC, ACEVO and…
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Board behaviours and the chair – CEO relationship
Recent research undertaken by AoC, ACEVO, and nfpResearch looked into board behaviours and dynamics and the chair-CEO relationship. Here, AoC CEO Liz Lowther explores some of the findings…
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The cyber governance journey for charities
This guest blog by Jessica Figueras from CxB – Cyber Governance for Boards explores what trustees and chairs can do to put in place a governance framework for…
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No chair is an island
“No chair is an island” might well have been John Donne’s opening sentence, if the 16th century poet had been commissioned to write this blog on the merits…
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Trusteeship – the good and bad news
nfpResearch has just released some insights into trusteeship which contain both encouraging and disappointing news. Here, AoC CEO Liz Lowther explores the results and what they mean for…
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Reimagining endowments for a modern era
Lucy Rhodes, partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, reflects on a resurgence of interest in endowment funds and the options available to charities.…