Start as you mean to go on: trustee recruitment and induction
Most charities will recruit trustees from time to time. For some, this will happen annually; others will do so less often. The process of finding and welcoming new trustees to an established board is an excellent opportunity to evaluate and improve on the charity?s effectiveness. In our experience, boards of trustees are more likely to: ? recruit successfully if they do so openly and transparently, taking care neither to overstate nor understate the responsibilities involved; ? operate successfully if they offer a comprehensive induction programme during which new trustees are provided with the key information they need to run the charity; and ? command confidence and respect from their client base and wider community if they demonstrate diversity in the widest sense of skills, age, sex, race and background.
