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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…
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Our charity governance consultation: how can we develop non-profit boards?
We are launching a charity governance consultation to investigate how the sector could change, develop and improve charity boards and the nature of trusteeship. How do chairs, trustees,…
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A free finance guide for chairs of small charities
Liz Pepler, a small charity finance consultant, sets the context for our new finance guide for chairs. Chairs of small charities are facing financial changes and new challenges.…
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A new look – but why?
We have new branding: a new logo, a new colour scheme and a new strapline at the Association of Chairs. Why? What was wrong with the old ones?…
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Paying trustees and board innovations – we’d love your thoughts on three things
Three discussions have recently come to light: paying trustees, board innovation, and how a board changes with organisation size. Paying trustees or board members – what is your…