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All charities should focus resources towards effective business planning. This session will focus on the key steps to follow to develop a business plan. Looking at governance and activity planning, […]

Successful storytelling can transform case studies demonstrating how your organisation makes a difference and helping to raise awareness about your work and showcase your impact to service users, external partners, and funders. We will look at what should be included and how to consider and start to construct the content. This session is aimed at […]

Financial Management is an important aspect of good governance. Developed specifically for the non-financially minded​, this session will address some common misconceptions about responsibility, identify who is responsible​ and highlights the questions you should be asking​. You will also be provided with an overview of the documents typically used. Suitable for: Trustees, Office Bearers, Senior […]

The role of officer bearer carries certain responsibilities over and above that of a trustee. This session will help you identify if your constitution requires office bearers and will focus on the role of Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary and understanding the responsibilities that these roles command. Suitable for: Trustees, Office Bearers, Senior Management * This […]

Evaluation is all about measuring your impact; setting meaningful and proportionate outcomes and indicators plays an important part in the evaluation journey. This session will take you through the process of understanding what outcomes and indicators are and how they can help you to explain the difference your work makes to your beneficiaries. Suitable for: […]

Funding Officers from The National Lottery Community Fund, Kirsty Wilson and Neal Bennison would like to meet third sector groups interested in applying for funds from National Lottery ticket sales. […]

Join us for a beginner's look at the main social media platforms and a quick guide to help boost your engagement with your followers. We will also touch upon analytics, using Facebook as an example of what can be discovered. Suitable for: Staff, Volunteers, and Trustees This event is repeated in August: tsdg-240828-sm.eventbrite.co.uk * This […]

Writing a funding application can be time consuming; this session will focus on knowing how to prepare effectively for writing a proposal, being confident deciding whether or not to bid, be aware of writing in an appropriate and effective style and understand what makes a successful application. This session is aimed at Trustees, Office Bearers, […]

Good governance is fundamental to a charity’s success. It enables and supports a charity’s compliance with the law and relevant regulations. It also promotes a culture in which everything works […]

All charity trustees have legal duties and responsibilities under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. These duties are separated out into general duties, that set out a broad framework that all charity trustees must work within, and specific duties detailed in the 2005 Act. This session will guide you through the general and […]