Trustee training course - Edinburgh

Events | 11 Sep 2012

Tags: Trustee boards | Trustee roles and responsibilities | Trustee liability

This course is an excellent way of becoming an outstanding trustee sooner rather than later.

With lots of illustrated examples, covering topics from roles, collective authority and the three strands of governance, your relationship with the chair of trustees and the chief executive to understanding charity finance and governing without managing. The course has been tailored to take account of Scottish law and regulation and designed to compliment your experience and the ongoing development of your board.

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0945	Registration and coffee

1000	Introductions

1015	What is expected of trustees collective authority and responsibility of trustees acting solely in the interests of the charity not benefiting when trustees can be personally liable

1115	Tea and coffee

11:30	What is governance? the relationship between governance and management trustees’ job description the three key strands of governance: corporate/fiduciary; strategic and impact

12:15	Information needs of trustees when too much detail is dangerous – when detail could be important issues to be addressed by trustees: why agendas are important

13:00	Lunch

14:00	Charity case study Delegates split into groups to decide how best to lead the charity in the case study out of its difficulties

15:00	Tea and coffee

15:15	Relationships with your chief executive and chair of trustees holding the chief executive to account without meddling in management the chair’s role and decision-making between meetings

16:00	End