HOW TO: Ensure Good Governance

with Heritage Consultant, Janina McBride

This 45-minute session (inc. 15-minutes for Q&A) is led by Janina McBride.

Janina will be providing an overview of:

• Good governance, why it is important and what that means in the context of heritage projects
• The different types of governance structures to consider (e.g. charity, CIC etc)
• The evolving nature of governance, considering start up, running the organisation and closure
• Top tips on good governance
• Links to further sources of information for you to explore in your own time.

About HOW TO Training

London Historic Buildings Trust are launching their 2022/23 virtual training initiative: HOW TO. Over the next 12 months, LHBT, and guest speakers, will be delivering regular 45-minute sessions on topics key to developing sustainable, socially focused heritage projects.

Book now for HOW TO:

• Research your Building
• Ensure Good Governance
• Understand Funding and Finance
• Establish a Meanwhile Use

Future HOW TO topics include: need and demand, budgeting, maintenance, activities, procurement, and planning.

Come back to London Historic Buildings Trust Eventbrite page soon for more details on future HOW TO sessions.

About the Speaker: Janina McBride

Janina currently splits her time working as a freelance Consultant and as a Theatres At Risk Adviser for the Theatres Trust. With over 15 years’ experience working in the cultural heritage sector, she is experienced in complex, multi-stakeholder and multi-discipline projects and specialises in early-stage evidencing of viability, governance, business planning and audience development.

Janina spent a decade working at the National Lottery Heritage Fund within the London grants team supporting projects from conception to evaluation, and has also worked in consultancy firms, as a Senior Consultant at Barker Langham and a Director at Tricolor. As a consultant, she has worked on over 20 successful NLHF and Arts Council England projects. She has experience of working with a range of organisations, including volunteer and community groups, local authorities, places of worship, charities, independent and national museums.

In her spare time, she is working to create a Community Benefits Society with a viable proposal to save a local pub from redevelopment.

This training has been made possible with Capacity Building funding from Historic England.