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Eastside People is the new home for the Festival of Trusteeship and the revived event will form a central part of this year’s Trustees’ Week (from 3rd to 7th November 2025).
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Behind the scenes: what trustees should know about being a charity CEO
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Summary
Insights from CEOs on their role, what they wish boards understood, and how trustees can be supportive allies.Detailed description
What do charity CEOs actually get up to?
What keeps them awake at night?
What brings them joy - and what drives them up the wall?
In this session, we’ll lift the lid on the CEO role, with a focus on small to mid-sized charities.
You’ll hear directly from a panel of CEOs who’ll demystify what their job really involves, and share honest reflections on the pressures, expectations and realities they face.
We’ll explore:
- What a CEO’s to-do list really looks like
- The biggest challenges - and best bits - of the role
- How trustee relationships can help (or hinder)
- What CEOs wish their boards better understood
- What meaningful support from trustees looks like in practice
This session offers essential insight for trustees of charities with staff - and a rare opportunity for CEOs to feel seen and understood.
About Eastside People
The Festival of Trusteeship is a week-long online series of events, full of exciting options for anyone who wants to become a trustee, for committed trustees who want to keep learning and developing, and for charity leaders who want to understand best practice in trustee recruitment and inclusive governance.
The festival will deliver a mix of informative and practical webinars and workshops, and lively panel discussions relating to good charity board governance with a focus on diversity and inclusion. All sessions for aspiring trustees are free.
We’re delighted to announce that the Institute of Leadership is sponsoring this year’s event. A professional membership body representing a global community of managers, leaders, and organisations continued learning is a key part of how they shape the future of leadership. We’re also very grateful to Ecclesiastical Insurance, the sponsors of the planned 2024 event. Additionally, we’re also extremely pleased to have the support of Stone King, a purpose-led law firm.
We are incredibly grateful to our headline sponsor Institute of Leadership, for all their support. Similarly, we’re delighted to have the support of Stone King who are sponsoring one of our themed strands and our partners Ecclesiastical, Centre for Charity Effectiveness (at Bayes Business School), Board Racial Diversity UK, ACEVO, Association of Chairs, The Young Trustees Movement, the WI Learning Hub and Fair Collective.