Podcasts

To celebrate Trustees Week, we’re proud to be hosting a brand-new podcast, which will cover a range of topics related to trusteeship, from the advantages of being a trustee to the key challenges. In this latest episode of ‘The Legal Spectrum’, our legal experts and trustees Alison...

Is a four-day workweek too good to be true?   In this month's episode, Alison Dunn, CEO of the Society Matters Group at Citizens Advice Gateshead, joins Samantha Pritchard and Jill Donabie to discuss the four-day work week, debunking the myths about how this can function within a charity. &nbs...

What makes a great board? In this month's episode, Fiona Melvin and Matt Forster of New Writing North join Alison Jones and Victoria Walton in our Sports, Education, and Charities team to discuss what makes a great board. New Writing North is a charity that unites people through books and writing ...

Nic Greenan, CEO and Custodian of Tyneside Cinema, joins Samantha Pritchard to discuss the importance of the relationship between a CEO and a charity’s board of trustees, particularly when finances are squeezed, as well as the cinema’s future ambitions. Tyneside Cinema is an independent...

Gary Shaughnessy, chair of Parkinson’s UK, discusses the positive impact of placing the lived experiences of the people and families the charity supports at the centre of its leadership, decision-making and policy setting. Whilst Parkinson’s UK has incorporated this approach for a while,...

Rob Williamson, chief executive of the Community Foundation serving Northumberland and Tyne & Wear, and James Garbutt, investment director at Rathbones, agree that consultation, evaluation, and collaboration form the bedrock of robust and defensible policy setting that makes decision-making easi...