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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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Risk it for a biscuit: Are trustees playing it too safe?
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Summary
Explore how to approach risk more boldly and strategically, and hear from trustees who’ve done just that.Detailed description
Is your board’s appetite for risk more like a Rich Tea biscuit - plain, dry and safe - or a Tunnock’s Tea Cake - a messy, sticky treat that might collapse but is far more exciting?
Are trustees too cautious, too slow, too stuck in the past? Or is that perception unfair? Maybe we’re not risk-averse, just risk-aware.
Does a technicoloured risk register really help anyone understand what's actually at stake?
This session explores the fine line between healthy caution and unhelpful fear. You’ll hear from trustees and risk experts who’ve tackled risk in bold, creative, and strategic ways - what paid off, what flopped and what they learned along the way.
Expect practical insights and some gentle provocation to help you move beyond tick-box risk registers and towards more meaningful, strategic risk conversations.
This is a great session for all trustees. No experience of risk management is required.
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.