# Clore Duffield Foundation proposes third sector leadership training

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/26/clore-duffield-foundation-proposes-third-sector-leadership-training/
- Published: 2007-07-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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.”

The programme will build on the experience gained from the [Clore Leadership Programme](http://www.cloreleadership.org)
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.

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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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