Radical Governance Training for Charities

Want your charity’s board to truly reflect the people it serves?

More and more charities and not-for-profits are inviting people with lived experience to join their boards, creating richer perspectives and stronger decision-making. But alongside the opportunities, there can be challenges too.

At Arts & Homelessness International (AHI), we’re a fully co-created charity – 50% of our board and staff are, or have been, homeless. We have Co-Directors and Co-Chairs with lived experience, and the Charity Commission has recently given us permission to pay our trustees who have personal experience of homelessness.

In this Radical Governance Training, we’ll explore:

• Why it’s important to have a board that is representative of the charity
• Recruitment of trustees with lived experience
• Induction and onboarding of new trustees, including support and buddying
• Creating a safe and brave space in board meetings
• Building boards around the needs of the individual
• Co-creation techniques for running meetings – making sure every voice is heard, and trustees feel that they are contributing and are valued
• Paying trustees – a detailed description of the process AHI went through with the Charity Commission to gain permission

This interactive session is open to anyone interested in the topic, with any level of experience.