Also chair of the Prison Reform Trust, James Timpson will be delivering the opening keynote at Civil Society’s #TrusteeExchange conference on 28 April 2020! So chuffed to have him talking about his upside-down management model and the importance of kindness.

So chuffed to have the lovely and erudite Elizabeth Balgobin on board as a new columnist in Gov & Leadership. Really looking forward to reading her first words from yesterday’s brilliant Race to the Top #SectorBuzz event in the March edition 1/2

2/2 and I must extend a massive thanks to the wonderful Andrew Hind for his words of wisdom answering governance questions on the back page for four years. Always sound, sensible advice - and always on deadline (well almost 😂) Thank you Andrew!

Sneak preview of March’s ⁦Gov & Leadership⁩ with the cover theme of structural racism in the charity sector. Out Monday!

In 2019, Compass Partnership analysed over 100 governance reviews to determine how charities can stay on the right track and maximise board effectiveness. Download the article detailing their findings for free here: ow.ly/YtdP50zklnb

MapAction's Liz Hughes talks to Tania Mason about mapping the humanitarian response to the Covid-19 pandemic: civilsociety.co.uk/voices/mapping…

The RSPB is committed to becoming more diverse & inclusive. We are currently seeking an external partner/s to help us develop the next stage of our plans. RSPB #diversityandinclusion #diversityintheworkplace Details at linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Four long years of blood, sweat, tears and wine has finally landed. We hope we’ve done you justice, #charities. Thank you ⁦Joe Saxton⁩ for having the foresight and belief and thank you Steve Cook for making sure it’s thorough, intelligent and pretty bloody great

Listen to our latest #podcast where Stephen Cook and Tania Mason discuss #charity and the breadth and depth of the contribution #charities make. transformingsociety.co.uk/2021/04/13/pod…

Thanks Karl, that's very kind! Here's a blog about why we wrote the book civilsociety.co.uk/voices/tania-m…

Excellent! Methinks maybe you’re going to need some better colour-coding as you get further in! Thanks so much for reading it. Oh and just to reassure readers: on aggregate, there’s more of the good than the bad and ugly :-)

Lovely review, thanks Peter!

Thank you UK Community Foundations. There are more such inspiring and positive stories coming up in the September edition of Gov & Leadership, from entries to the Rathbones Covid-19 Response Award at this year’s The Charity Awards

If anyone is thinking of booking travel through Dream World Travel - DON'T!!!!! Nightmare World Travel more like. SIX MONTHS to process a refund because the airline cancelled the flight, and taking a 15% fee??? Unbelievable. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!

Hi Mark Moody, thanks for the follow back! Can you DM me please, I'd like to talk to you for a feature I'm writing. Thanks!

And a warm thank you back for choosing Gov & Leadership to tell it through, @HelenMoulinos. Some excellent work going on at POhWER in this space

The Daniel Phelan Trust writing competition, for budding journalists at high schools in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, is still accepting registrations until the end of October. Cash prizes for the winners!! danielphelantrust.org.uk/writing-compet… #journalism #writing #schools Future First

How timely of the RSPB!! If you are a trustee, what do YOU think about charities speaking out on matters of national importance? Take our survey...docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… RSPB apologises for calling government ministers ‘liars’ after trustee complaint shar.es/agnpAx

I know it’s hard to believe, but there are still a few copies left of the book I wrote with Stephen Cook. I think charities are still a thing, so it’s still worth a read. And you can get it half price until Sunday - bargain! Isn’t it Christmas soon? Go on - you know you want to

Wow, scene-setting opening statement from keynote speaker at #trusteeexchange Myron Rogers, trustee at Lankelly Chase: “it no longer made sense to have 3 white men at the chair of the charity”