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Authenticity in action – embedding lived experience in charities
Reflections by Suneet Sharma Embedding lived experience is key to entrenching equity of representation, beneficiary voices and ensuring you remain engaged with the right stakeholders in fulfilling your…
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Recruiting and retaining young board members
Amena Dove, a board member for the Sex Education Forum, shares her insights on being a young board member, and things to bear in mind when looking for…
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Engaging young trustees
Emrys Green, Chair of The Institute of Leadership, shares a personal reflection on two decades of involving younger people in governance. How to engage young trustees, and why…
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Are you lacking communications skills on your board?
In this blog, Association of Chairs trustee Jane Hustwit, and AoC’s Communications Manager Helen Buckley, explore one of the most common missing skills for charity boards. What are…
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Five ways trustees can support their chair for better governance
Suneet Sharma is an experienced trustee, and current Deputy CEO of Governance, Risk and Compliance for Proud Changemakers. He shares his thoughts and contributions from associates on how…
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How do non-profit boards change as organisations grow?
There is a lot of talk about how ‘staff do this’ and ‘trustees do that’ when it comes to roles in non-profits. However, that is only one of…
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Volunteers’ Week – trustees are volunteers too!
Volunteers’ Week is a UK-wide celebration of the diversity of volunteer work. Of course, we’re here to highlight the incredible work of trustees and chairs, most of whom…
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Stronger boards, stronger non-profits: introducing board membership
The Association of Chairs has been the leading voice for charity and non-profit chairs for well over a decade. Every day we support and champion the ordinary people with…
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Breaking board: nine reasons why nonprofit boards underperform
Why nonprofit boards underperform is the core question behind this blog. What is it that makes some boards do great stuff and others run into quicksand? Over the…