Emerging Chairs Programme – Arts, Culture and Heritage (Dec 2025)

Who is this for?

This course is aimed at those individuals who aspire to become a Chair of an arts, culture or heritage organisation or for existing Chairs who wish to progress and further their knowledge.

You will learn:

• The key skills needed to effectively Chair a charitable organisation

• How to support the Senior Management team to get the best out of your workforce and your board

• How to develop a long-term business plan and strategy

• The significance and responsibilities for fundraising and marketing

•  The key challenges of being a Chair and how to effectively overcome them

Price

This course is priced at £75+VAT.

A concession rate of £50+VAT is available to Freelancers, Sector Partner Members, Charities and Arts Organisations with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less. To access the concession rate, please email [email protected] and let us know if you are a sector partner, freelancer, or a charity with an income under £500,000.

Our current Sector Partners are:

• Arts@Leeds
• Arts Marketing Association
• Association of British Orchestras
• The Audience Agency
• Contemporary Visual Art Network
• Family Arts Campaign
• Music Mark
• National Museum Directors Council
• One Dance UK
• UK Theatre

We believe everyone in the cultural sector deserves access to fundraising skills. That’s why we offer a low-cost entry point to our arts fundraising training programme via our £10 bursary tickets. If you’d like to receive a bursary ticket, please complete this form and we’ll be in touch with more details.