From Here to Diversity
A practical guide to recruiting Black and Asian charity trustees.
This practical guide reveals the lessons from over 70 charities as well as outlining the recruitment challenges and solutions for charities in sectors with traditionally narrow trustee profiles. It also shares the journey of Action for Trustee Racial Diversity to develop a unique database of over 500 Black and Asian network organisations across all sectors from which charities might recruit more diverse trustees.
The guide was created by Action for Trustee Racial Diversity (ATRD), a volunteer-led group founded in 2019 to campaign on increasing racial diversity on charity Boards. It works in partnership with Getting on Board, a charity that helps individuals, employers and members of professional networks become new leaders in communities through board-level volunteering.
The guide was written by Malcolm John, the founder of ATRD and a trustee of the Association of Chairs, the support body for charity chairs in England and Wales. Malcolm has previously been a trustee of seven other charities varying in size over the last 20 years.
At the Association of Chairs, many Chairs ask us “how can we recruit more Black and Asian trustees?”. It’s great to have this new guide. It explores the barriers to recruitment and highlights the many different networks that are a potential source of Black and Asian trustees from many walks of life who can be a good match for your charity. A very useful resource.’
Ros Oakley, Association of Chairs
