Everything you need to know about the role and responsibilities of trustees

During national Trustees Week, gunnercooke invites you to join a free trustee training event on Wednesday 3rd November at 9am.

There are over 1 million trustees giving of their time to ensure that charities succeed. Understanding their role is key to delivering charitable purpose to the best effect.

Whether you are thinking about becoming a trustee, have started your journey, or are in need of refreshing your skills, our practical and user-friendly session will help you understand what you are taking on and what running a charity is really all about, including:

• your role
• your legal responsibilities
• your fiduciary duties
• your liabilities
• insurance
• the regulators
• governance
• best practice
• trustee induction
• trustee succession planning
• the role of the chair
• founder’s syndrome
• the benefits

There will also be opportunities to raise questions and share experiences.

The training will be delivered by Michele Price, a Legal 500 recognised charity lawyer with a wealth of experience, in house and in private practice, of advising charities of all sizes. She also ran a start-up charity at executive level for 5 years and is currently a charity trustee, so she really knows the challenges that trustees face from the inside out.