Clore Duffield Foundation proposes third sector leadership training
Howard Lake | 26 July 2007 | News
The Clore Duffield Foundation is proposing to create a new leadership training programme that will recognise talent and develop new leaders within the third sector. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed the idea.
The Foundation believes its initiative wiill help individuals develop their leadership skills and “encourage them to take on bigger leadership challenges, with a view to building the sector’s confidence and powers of advocacy”.
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, said: “The sector requires top quality leadership, and [the Foundation’s] proposal to identify emerging talent and combine it with bespoke, sustained leadership training would be a tremendous boost both to the sector and to society as a whole. I believe [the] Foundation is in a position to make a vital contribution to the sector at a key moment in time.”
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The programme will build on the experience gained from the Clore Leadership Programme for the cultural sector, launched in 2004 under the direction of Lord Smith, which lasts up to two years and is tailored to the individual needs of participants.
The Foundation expects that its programme for the third sector would similarly offer formal leadership training, specialist training bursaries, secondments, a research period and access to a mentor.
The proposed programme will be free to participants; organisations with participants on the scheme will be compensated for time spent away.
Before launching the programme, the Foundation is conducting a consultation across the third sector. Comments on a Consultation Paper are invited by 5 October 2007. In addition to inviting written responses, the CDF will be holding meetings with selected groups and individuals during October 2007.
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