Welcome to the resources page, please feel free to download these template documents and apply them to your organisation.
Downloads Useful Links Small Charities Governance – Does advise around effectiveness, trustee recruitment and role. Also, diversity equality and inclusion. https://www.charitygovernancecode.org/en/front-page Getting on Board – Aimed at recruitment of trustees, effectiveness of boards and diversity. How to reach trustees including useful resources – skills analysis and diversity audit. https://www.gettingonboard.org Trustees Unlimited – purely about finding trustees – advertise roles. UK wide. https://trustees-unlimited.co.uk Association of Chairs – A membership organisation supporting Chairs and Vice Chairs of charities and social enterprises in England and Wales https://www.associationofchairs.org.uk How to complete a skills audit Free guides for charitable organisations Recruiting and inducting trustees Excellent guidance is also available via the Small Charities Governance Code: https://www.charitygovernancecode.org/en/front-page The standard induction plan can be adjusted to ensure that it is suitable for the specific trustee role and organisation. There is an absence of guidance for annual Chair reviews although the Association of Chairs does provide some input in their ‘working with trustees’ series. https://www.associationofchairs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WorkingOne-OneWorkingWithTrusteesSeries.pdf. For staff appointments, there are many sources of information to assist in the staff induction and appraisal process. For example: Checklist for induction of new staff Useful links to ‘How to Guides’ are produced by the Arts Council to improve Diversity across organisations and instigate culture change and can be found at: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/guidance-and-resources/culture-change-toolkit#section-1 Useful insight is also provided by the Sports England Action Plan for Diversity improvement: The Transform programme also offers useful training and guidance for boards looking to embrace greater diversity. Details can be found via ‘Getting on Board’ https://www.gettingonboard.org/transform-turbocharging-trustee-diversity For resources relating to Volunteers, please visit the Volunteer Toolkit page. For resources relating to your organisations governance, please visit the Policy Toolkit page. For resources relating to funding please visit the Funding Toolkit page.
