Tag: Cranfield Trust

Charity Management Matters: Lack of training chances for emerging leaders

Stuart Mitchell

Earlier this year, Cranfield Trust set out to explore the management training opportunities available to leaders and managers in small to medium size voluntary organisations and we launched our ‘Charity Management Matters’ research project.  At Cranfield Trust, we work with over 700 organisations a year on consultancy and mentoring projects, and are able to understand in depth their considerable strengths, and areas in which they need to develop management skills and confidence. Our charity clients are experts in their fields, with great expertise in service delivery areas, but they often…

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Simplified access to free support for small charities

Stuart Mitchell

A new initiative to make it easier for small charities to access free professional support was launched on Friday 23 June, during Small Charity Week by 19 organisations offering skilled volunteering, all members of the UK Pro Bono Association.   Seven out of ten small and medium-sized charities say that they are actively looking for pro bono professional skills to support what they do – but only four out of ten find it. The new initiative will close this gap, with the charities offering pro bono and free support and services…

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New report confirms charity leaders fear for future

Stuart Mitchell

Cranfield Trust, the leading provider of pro bono management consultancy and mentoring to social welfare charities has released a new report ‘Demand, Change, Survival’. The report outlines the challenges facing charity leaders in Scotland, which mirrors what the Trust is hearing from charity leaders across the UK.  In the survey conducted during December 2022, Cranfield Trust heard directly from over 70 charity leaders in Scotland about the impact the cost of living crisis is having on them, their charities and their beneficiaries. The survey insights reinforce what other organisations across…

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