Sep 27, 2019, 11:44 AM

Join us at NCVO/Bates Wells Trustee Conference 2019
NCVO/Bates Wells Trustee Conference 2019 is taking place on Monday 4th November…
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Sep 27, 2019, 11:38 AM

We’ve teamed up with Digi-Board™ to solve the governance review conundrum
Action Planning has developed an innovative and effective approach to governance…
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Jun 18, 2019, 8:00 AM

Leadership teams: you can’t do it all by yourself!
If you are a charity CEO, you know you can’t do it all by yourself. Which is why…
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Apr 16, 2019, 8:00 AM

Action Planning Consultants: introducing Mark Goldring
Action Planning has an extensive team of outstanding and highly-experienced…
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Mar 14, 2019, 8:00 AM

Why would anyone be a charity trustee?!
The role carries a lot of responsibility, has legal and financial liabilities,…
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Nov 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

Protective Organisational Culture
In the wake of the recent crisis in the International Development sector…
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Oct 9, 2018, 8:00 AM

Employing Trustees: Navigating The Minefield
One of your charity Trustees (or ex-Trustees) may seem like the perfect…
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Feb 8, 2018, 10:41 AM

Five Indications of Failing Trustee Boards
Poor trustees – always being bashed these days! But these observations, from an…
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Feb 8, 2018, 10:41 AM

Learning lessons from Oxfam - To disclose or not to disclose? That is the question.
It is sad to see so many media outlets and commentators jumping on the…
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Dec 5, 2017, 10:41 AM

Governance – what could possibly go wrong?
The Charity Commission recently reviewed their ‘problem cases’, and came up with…
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Dec 5, 2017, 10:41 AM

Simple Governance Review – here’s one I prepared earlier!
Andrew Betts, Director of Advantage Africa was very quick off the mark, by…
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Dec 5, 2017, 10:41 AM

Downloadable policies – just papering over the cracks?
In our increasingly complex society, we now need an astonishing array of…
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Aug 30, 2017, 10:41 AM

When the problem is having too much money
This may seem an extraordinary topic to explore in a charity sector newsletter,…
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Aug 30, 2017, 10:41 AM

Project management? Never heard of it…
I’ve been a professional project manager for over 20 years and freelance for…
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Jul 12, 2017, 10:41 AM

Trustee appraisals – have you got yours in place?
The Charity Governance Code recommends that the Boards of all charities – large…
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