Board Shadowing Webinar: What it is, how it benefits charities and getting involved
Are you keen to support people from diverse backgrounds to take up Board positions? Do you want to bring lived experience expertise around the table? Do you want to make your Board more accessible and inclusive to young people or racialised minorities?
Or, are you someone who is interested in becoming a trustee but not secured your first role yet? Or curious what this opportunity provides, but are not sure if others are looking for someone like you?
Then this webinar below is for you.
The Smallwood Trust, who through its grant making supports women to become financially resilient, have supported three women with lived experience to shadow a Board member, to see and experience a Board in action. This practical session will showcase how simple and easy this approach is to adopt and the benefits of doing so, as well as how to support those individuals who can see how such an approach might benefit them. The webinar features:
- Shahzadi Saira Awan, Shadowee at The Smallwood Trust
- Shana Begum, Shadowee at The Smallwood Trust
- Paul Carbury, CEO at The Smallwood Trust
- Dr Ambreen Shah, Trustee at The Smallwood Trust
- Penny Wilson, CEO at Getting OnBoard
- Jess Stockford, Associate Director of Board Appointments at Prospectus.
This event was supported by Prospectus and Young Trustee Movement, who work with a range of governance specialists, lived experience experts and DEI specialists with the shared aim to bring more diversity around the Board table. Watch the webinar below:
Interested in becoming a Trustee?
You might be asking yourself, what is a Trustee or Non-Executive Director? Is this role for someone like me?
The guide below can help answer some of your questions.
Interested in starting your own Shadowing Scheme?
If you are an organisation interested in setting up your own Board Shadowing Scheme? There is no blueprint for doing this work as much will depend on the culture of your organisation, the personality of your Board members and indeed your shadowees, but below are some top tips to help.