Charity Trustees - Board Roles & Responsibilities

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Venue
Online
Price - Member
€85.00
Price - Non-Member
€150.00
Event Date
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Charity Trustees - Board Roles & Responsibilities

Alongside an overview of the Governance Code, this intensive evening training, designed specifically for trustees of Irish charities, will help you to get your organisation's governance practices in order. Attend this evening session to explore the practices of good governance, find out about how you can apply these in your organisation and ensure that you are aware of your legal duties. 

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

  • Understand the organisational role played by trustees
  • Outline the essential elements of good governance for nonprofits
  • Identify the key legal duties of charity trustees
  • Outline the Charities Regulator's Governance Code.
How to register
  • You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.  
  • This event will take place online.  
  • Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.   
  • Please email matthew@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.   

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Meet Your Facilitator

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Senan Turnbull is a governance and organisational development specialist working across the Community, Voluntary and Charity sectors. He has a lifetime of experience as a volunteer and as a board/committee member of organisations from local to national level.

Over the past twelve years he has undertaken training, mentoring, facilitation and advisory roles with a wide range of not-for-profit organisations on both a consultancy and pro-bono basis. He specialises in advising on constitutions and associated policies and procedural documents to guide the operations and structures of not-for-profits. He delivers training on best practice in being compliant with the Governance Codes from the Charities Regulator and Sport Ireland and he supports organisations to achieve and retain compliance.

Feedback from Previous Participants

"The session was an excellent overview of best practice in governance, with ample opportunity for questions." - B. Grehan, Women in Technology and Science (WITS) Ireland 

"Just getting started was really helpful, it seems so overwhelming, but [the trainer] was so helpful." P. Rigney, Alpha Ireland


Supported by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

DFHERIS
Who should attend

Trustees of charities/board members of charities, or those thinking of joining the board of a charity.