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Empowering Small Charities: How to Maximise Small Charity Week 2024

25th June, 2024

Small Charity Week 2024 is here, running from June 24th to June 28th. This week-long event celebrates the invaluable contributions of small charities across the UK and highlights the essential work these organisations do. Through activities like workshops and fundraising events, Small Charity Week showcases their achievements and garners support for these vital organisations.

 

Topics: 
Current interest

10 Years of TLP – An Interview with Michelle Wright

31st August, 2023 | By Lucy Pratt

This month, Cause4 are celebrating 10 years of the Trustee Leadership Programme, which was launched in 2013 to address the lack of effective and engaging governance training in the sector and seek to answer the question: “How can I become an effective charity trustee?

To kick-off this month of celebrations, we decided to interview the programme founder, Michelle Wright, to understand why she started the programme in the first place, and what she envisions for the future of trusteeship. 

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Governance & trusteeship

Trustee Leadership Programme - Virtual

18th May, 2022 to 19th May, 2022

Join the award winning Trustee Leadership Programme's live virtual course this May, empowering you to join a charity as a Trustee.

Topics: 
Governance & trusteeship

The Elephant in the Room: Should Trustees Give?

1st December, 2020 | By Naomi Chapman

Today is Giving Tuesday, an annual day of philanthropy designed to counter the individual consumption of Black Friday with generosity to charities a few days later. This year, we wanted to use this day to consider the debate around whether Trustees should give to the charities that they govern.

Topics: 
Training

An Interview with Keiran O’Neill, young Trustee

3rd November, 2020 | By Naomi Chapman

For Trustees Week, Cause4 interview Keiran O'Neill, a 22 year old Trustee on the board of the National Theatre of Scotland.

Topics: 
Training

Top Tips for Virtual Board Meetings

7th October, 2020 | By Naomi Chapman

As we prepare for another six months of virtual board meetings (at least), Cause4 sets out five top tips for making these as effective as they can be.

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Training

Peer-networking in a Digital Environment

6th October, 2020 | By Erin Hughes

Making mutually beneficial business connections in the digital environment

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Training

Michelle Wright writes for TrainingZone

8th September, 2020 | By Michelle Wright

Michelle Wright considers how we can protect quality fee-based training in learning and development.

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Training

The Golden Rules of Trustee Recruitment

9th July, 2020 | By Niloufar Abhari

Recruiting competent, innovative and passionate Trustees is crucial for charities to perform at their best, especially during such extraordinary times as these. How can we do it best?

Topics: 
Training

Shared concerns: lessons from Cause4 Power Hours

30th June, 2020 | By Naomi Chapman

Some of the common concerns amongst charities who seek support during Cause4’s Emergency Power Hours.

Topics: 
Training

Developing a Strong Case for Support – Improve the Efficacy of your Fundraising

28th May, 2020 | By Nye Greenfield

The Case for Support is one of the most important documents for your organisation's fundraising activities. Here a number of tips for creating a document that grabs the attention of funders.

Topics: 
Fundraising & philanthropy
Training

Developing a Strong Case for Support – Improve the Efficacy of your Fundraising

28th May, 2020 | By Nye Greenfield

The Case for Support is one of the most important documents for your organisation's fundraising activities. Here a number of tips for creating a document that grabs the attention of funders.

Topics: 
Fundraising & philanthropy
Training

What do arts organisations need from their Trustees in times of crisis?

20th May, 2020 | By Frances Campbell

How can Trustees best support organisations moving through crisis? Cause4 argues that Trustees are a vital component to survival, now and into the future. 

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Training

Trustee Troubleshooting: Recruiting Trustees During the Health Crisis

14th April, 2020 | By Frances Campbell

Cause4 examines how charities can effectively hire new Trustees at this time, and showcases the silver lining of a new recruitment process.

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Training

Young Trustees – Are We Really Doing Enough?

25th January, 2019 | By Cause4 staff

This month, Tate announced the appointment of 28-year-old Anna Lowe as the new Youth Engagement Trustee and the youngest serving Trustee of a national UK museum or gallery. Is enough being done to further the Young Trustees movement?

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Training

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