Advice and Guidance

This section contains advice and guidance for for trustees, committee members and anyone else involved in the governance of an organisation.

See below for our Information Sheets and links to useful guidance, and our Sector News section on the right, which contains the latest news and updates of relevance to charity trustees.

Contact us for more in-depth support or to find out about our bespoke training for trustees.

• Trustees are volunteers too
• Being a Trustee – what’s in it for me?
• Trustee diversity
• Preparing for a New Trustee
• Trustees Roles and Responsibilities

• The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do
• Getting Onboard: How to become a Charity Trustee
• Charity governance, finance and resilience: 15 questions trustees should ask
• Infographic: 15 questions trustees should ask
• Making digital work: 12 questions for trustees to consider 
• The Chair’s role in building a positive working culture
• Get help for your inactive or ineffective charity 
• Charity Commission ‘CC’ guidance publications

• Charity Purposes and Rules
• Managing charity finances
• Making decisions at a charity
• Managing conflicts of interest in a charity
• What to send to the Charity Commission and how to get help
• Safeguarding for charities and trustees
• Political activity and campaigning by charities