Find out how to raise difficult issues constructively, and understand how power and board culture can influence who feels able to speak up.
Join us for an engaging session looking at how boards can raise difficult issues constructively, and learning how power and board culture influence who speaks up, whose views are heard and whose are missing.
This event is free to attend.
About the Trainer – Penny Wilson
Penny Wilson is a leading UK consultant and advocate for inclusive charity governance, focusing on trustee development, diversity, and effective board practices.
Former CEO of Getting on Board, a charity dedicated to trustee diversity and development (which trained around 10,000 trustees annually by 2024), Penny has extensive experience in the voluntary sector, having worked with infrastructure charities, councils for voluntary service, and organizations like the Charity Retail Association and The Brilliant Club. She also served as Head of Community Affairs at the University of Cambridge, fostering partnerships with local charities and promoting volunteering.
You’ll gain:
An understanding iof how to support a board culture where people can question, disagree and acknowledge mistakes.
Identify practical actions board members can take to contribute to a more open and courageous board
This event is fully funded for VCSE groups & organisations in Gloucestershire.
Booking information
To enable as many groups & organisations to access this course, we limit bookings to two per organisation. If you would like to book more than two spaces, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk and we will aim to accomodate individual needs where possible.
Our courses are often oversubscribed and we therefore have a waiting list system in place for each course. If this course is fully booked, you can add yourself to the waiting list and we will let you know as soon as a place becomes available.
If you book a place and cannot attend for any reason, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk asap so that we can allocate your place to someone else.
If you have any enquiries about this course, please email bookings@glosalliance.org.uk and a member of our team will get back to you.
We look forward to welcoming you on 1 December.
Gloucestershire VCSE Alliance team