Chairing your Charity Board

We support Gloucestershire's Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector to thrive.We do this through the following:Leadership and AdvocacyWe convene organisations, voices and communities to influence statutory partners.We promote the collective strength of the VCSE sector.Partnerships and CollaborationWe support links with statutory partners and businesses to ensure the sector’s voice is heard.We create spaces for VCSE organisations to connect and share practice.Capacity BuildingWe promote learning and resilience to ensure that VCSE organisations stand stronger to continue serving our communities effectively.Volunteering SupportThrough Go Volunteer Glos, we strengthen the volunteer journey - inspiring volunteers to step forward and ensuring volunteering is a valued driver of community welllbeing.I﻿f you'd like to find out more about us, you can visit our website athttps://www.glosalliance.org.ukor contact our team via info@glosalliance.org.uk.

Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance

Learn how to lead your board effectively, improve trustee dynamics, and maximise your charity’s impact through confident leadership.

Strong relationships and effective dynamics between trustees are key to a board that delivers for your charity. This session is designed to help Chairs and prospective Chairs understand their critical role in providing leadership, direction, and support to bring out the best in their board.Through discussion, case studies, and peer learning, you’ll explore how to:<ul><li>Foster positive board dynamics and collaboration</li><li>Lead meetings that are purposeful and effective</li><li>Support trustees to contribute fully and confidently</li><li>Enhance your board’s overall impact on the charity</li></ul>About the trainerLynn Cadman has over 20 years’ experience in the charity sector, including roles at the Charity Commission, as Head of Department in a large charity, and as an external adviser. She has conducted governance and board effectiveness reviews, facilitated board development away days, and delivered trustee training.Lynn has written widely used sector guidance, including Getting on Board’s guides on recruiting trustees and trustee roles, ICAEW’s first Trustee Training modules, and guidance for Reach Volunteering. She is a Senior Associate (Charity Adviser) at Edward Connor Solicitors and a trustee of BMS World Mission and Mill Grove Christian Charitable Trust. In 2021, she completed an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management with distinction.Who Should Attend<ul><li>Chairs or prospective Chairs of charity boards</li><li>Trustees seeking insight into board leadership and dynamics</li><li>Anyone involved in strengthening their board’s effectiveness</li></ul>What You’ll Gain<ul><li>Practical strategies to lead your board confidently</li><li>Tools to improve board dynamics and collaboration</li><li>Peer learning from other Chairs and trustees</li><li>Guidance to maximise your board’s impact</li><li>This event is fully funded for VCSE groups &amp; organisations in Gloucestershire.</li></ul>Booking informationTo enable as many groups &amp; organisations to access this course, we limit bookings to two per organisation. If you would like to book more than two spaces, please email bookings@glosvcsalliance.org.uk and we will aim to accomodate individual needs where possible.Our courses are often oversubscribed and we therefore have a waiting list system in place for each course. If this course is fully booked, you can add yourself to the waiting list and we will let you know as soon as a place becomes available.If you book a place and cannot attend for any reason, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk asap so that we can allocate your place to someone else.If you have any enquiries about this course, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk and a member of our team will get back to you.We look forward to welcoming you on 18 March.

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