Trustee Leadership Programme – Arts, Culture and Heritage (Nov 2025)

Dates

5 Nov 2025 -
12 Nov 2025

Course Type

Online

Length

2 x half days

Price

£50 to £75 + VAT

Level

Suitable for senior fundraisers +

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Trustee Leadership Programme – Arts, Culture and Heritage

This course will support participants to find out about the key responsibilities, financial obligations, and fundraising expectations for Trustees. It is a one-stop shop to equip you with everything you need to know before becoming a charity Trustee.

This award-winning Trustee course now trains over 500 Trustees a year and gives professionals the skills and confidence to join a charity as a board member. An enriching career development opportunity offered across two online sessions, the course covers the key responsibilities of Trustees and other regulatory issues alongside real-world insights from experts from across the charity sector.

This course will be delivered virtually via Zoom in two 3-hour sessions, taking place on Wednesday 5 November 2025 from 10am-1pm and Wednesday 12 November 2025 from 10am-1pm. It is necessary to attend both sessions to complete the full training.

Who is this for?

This course is aimed at those individuals looking to be a Trustee of an arts, culture or heritage organisation or for those Trustees looking to further their knowledge.

You will learn:

An overview of governance and the charity sector
Governance models and strategic planning
Financial management requirements
Trustee responsibility for fundraising and income generation

The programme also includes bespoke matching support, where we use your interests, skillset and location preferences to find relevant Trustee vacancies from our network, helping participants on each programme to join Boards as Trustees.

The sessions give participants extensive time for Q&A, allowing for specific queries about governance and trusteeship to be addressed.

Price

This course is priced at £75+VAT in total for both sessions.

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.

Trainer: Helen Jenkins

Helen Jenkins has worked in fundraising for longer than she cares to remember, but is prepared to admit to over 20 years.

In her early career Helen specialised in events for charities, organising overseas challenges and large events. She then worked abroad with VSO, an experience which changed her life.