# Events for trustees this Trustees’ Week

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/11/06/events-for-trustees-this-trustees-week/
- Published: 2023-11-06T09:00:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**With Trustees’ Week starting today (6 November) and running until Friday (10 November),
daily events are taking place both in-person across the country, and online, with
many events free.**

The theme of [Trustees’ Week 2023](https://trusteesweek.org/) is ‘Many voices. Working
together. With purpose’.

Today’s events include a [free keynote](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-keynote-in-conversation-with-the-charity-commission-tickets-725619446297?aff=oddtdtcreator)
with Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Orlando Fraser, a [panel discussion](https://trusteesweek.org/event/bdo-trustees-week-event/)
with guest speakers including the Charity Commission’s CEO Helen Stephenson; Dr 
Priya Singh, Chair of Trustees at NCVO; and a range of experienced trustees and 
charity professionals, and an [NCVO webinar](https://trusteesweek.org/event/how-decision-makers-can-lead-on-climate-action/)
on how decision makers can lead on climate action.

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The week also includes a series of Getting on Board webinars on a range of topics
aimed at helping more people become trustees, including trustee diversity, getting
young people involved, and crafting a new board of trustees. The full event line
up can be [found here](https://trusteesweek.org/events/) and the week can also be
followed on X with the hashtag [@TrusteesWeek](https://twitter.com/TrusteesWeek).

#### NCVO events

NCVO is hosting a number of free webinars this week on key topics for trustees in
the charity sector, encouraging trustees to consider how they can use the principles
around positive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) action to lead their
charities to the future. Its content across the week will cover the unique perspective
trustees bring to their board and to decision-making, how diversity of leadership
can help make a charity stronger, and the role of trustees in keeping organisations
sustainable, now and for the future.

The free NCVO events on offer are:

 * [How decision makers can lead on climate action](https://booking.ncvo.org.uk/event/sessions?id=How_decision-makers_can_lead_on_climate_action1625986058):
   Monday 6 November 2023, 12.00-13.00
 * [Why diverse boards make more impactful decisions](https://booking.ncvo.org.uk/event/sessions?id=Why_diverse_boards_make_more_impactful_decisions3769139322):
   Wednesday 8 November 2023, 12.00-13.00

 * [Volunteers leading volunteers](https://booking.ncvo.org.uk/event/sessions?id=Volunteers_leading_volunteers3271458798):
   Thursday 9 November 2023, 12.00-13.00
 * [What do trustees across the country feel about leading climate action?](https://booking.ncvo.org.uk/event/sessions?id=What_do_trustees_across_the_country_feel_about_leading_climate_action1208064847):
   Friday 10 November 2023, 12.00-13.00

In addition, NCVO is also partnering with local organisations to deliver in-person
conferences and bring local trustees and organisations together in Tyne & Wear and
Northumberland, Leeds, and Hertfordshire.

 * [Making better environmental, social and governance decisions](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-better-environmental-social-and-governance-decisions-tickets-726008820927?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)(
   Tyne & Wear and Northumberland): Tuesday 7 November
 * [Trustees in Leeds – Climate action and accountability](https://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/event/trustees-in-leeds-climate-action-and-accountability/)(
   Leeds): Tuesday 7 November
 * [Annual Hertfordshire trustees’ conference](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-hertfordshire-trustees-conference-2023-tickets-679305901237)(
   Hertfordshire): Thursday 9 November

Sarah Vibert, NCVO CEO, said:

> “We are excited to be coming together to celebrate the hard work and achievements
> trustees across the country who give their time to help charities serve people
> and communities.  With many organisations experiencing significant operational
> challenges, it’s more important than ever that we step back and acknowledge the
> important work of trustees, and thank them for their commitment to the sector.”