Through this four part course you will gain a better understanding of the role of a trustee, in any organisation, including key legal duties and areas of potential liability.
Course structure
- Trusteeship in context - a look at the sector
- The trustee role and legal duties
- Liability and legal forms for organisations
- Board leadership - governance versus management
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you will have:
- a basic overview of the voluntary sector
- a better understanding of the key legal responsibilities of trustees
- an understanding of the different legal structures that charities can take
- an understanding of the liabilities of trustees and how these can be limited
- knowledge of how the board should best operate alongside staff and volunteers.
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Further resources
At the end of this course we'll sign-post you to:
- useful templates
- publications and guidance
- further training
- other useful links.
Find out about your trainer
Dan Francis is NCVO's governance consultant - he is responsible for NCVO’s governance consultancy offer, focusing on governance reviews, board performance and trustee training. He joined NCVO from the National Union of Students (NUS) where, as a long standing consultant, he supported the organisational development of local students’ unions as charities.
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- If you're interested in face to face charity training, send an email to our consultancy team on consultancy@ncvo.org.uk or have a look at the training courses we offer.
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