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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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How to build your confidence as a trustee
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Summary
Build your presence, find your voice, and hear how others overcame self-doubt to become effective board members.Detailed description
Many new trustees feel they’re not qualified to be around the board table. Sound familiar?
In this supportive session, we’ll explore ways to build your confidence as a trustee — from understanding your strengths, to speaking up in meetings, to surviving your first board meeting.
You’ll hear from trustees who’ve been there, and what helped them find their feet and their voice.
This session is open to anyone, but we think it’ll be of particular interest to aspiring or newly recruited trustees who might be lacking confidence in their place on the board.
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.