Yesterday was Kindness Day, and today we are halfway into Trustee Week, a good reason to thank all trustees and to attract new ones.
Being a trustee is an altruistic act that can be both rewarding and challenging. Trustees provide a vital volunteering role helping to provide strategic leadership to charities and in doing so makes the UK the sixth most giving country in the world. There are just under 200,000 charities in the UK and all of them need a board of trustees.
Trustees operate within the Charity Act 2006 overseen by the Charity Commission. These set out the rules of engagement as well as providing a raft of useful support material and research to challenge and improve practice. Trustees are advised to operate within the Nolan Principles of Public Service: selflessness; integrity; objectivity; accountability; openness; honesty; and leadership.
As a Trustee you must:
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