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Against the tide

1 May 2012

A real-life female trustee offers a personal account of being a young woman on a trustee board.

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A loose cannon?

Our guest chairman advises a charity that suspects its fundraising subsidiary is being run without the proper licenses.

Inappropriate social media comments by a trustee

After finding out a trustee has been making inappropriate comments on a social network, the chairman asks for advice.

Are non-voting trustees legal?

Malcolm Lynch explains to a new trustee what it means to be a non-voting trustee.

Offensive behaviour of trustees

A chief executive suggests ways to deal with the offensive behaviour of trustees.

Inadvertently disempowering members

The committee members of a learning disability charity recently transferred all the assets and liabilities to a charitable company to protect themselves from personal liability without informing the membership of the unicorporated charity. A charity lawyer and governance consultant respond.

Straying from governing documents

Philip Smith explains the process for resolving a situation where the trustees had not complied with requirements under its articles of association.

Fundraising volunteer on the take

A fundraiser has been keeping goods donated as prizes for herself. Simon Morrison of the Institute of Fundraising advises the chairman what to do about it.

Offensive behaviour from members

A chief executive asks how to stop abusive behaviour by members.

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