Presented on Monday 2 November at NCVO/BWB Trustee Conference 2015. Justin Davis-Smith CBE, Executive Director Volunteering & Development, NCVO Trusteeship and millennials - the changing face of volunteering If you would like to find out more about our 2016 Trustee Conference email us at ncvoevents@ncvo.org.uk or call us on 020 750 3153.

1. Organised by: Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:AM6: TRUSTEES AND MILLENNIALS
THE CHANGING FACE OF
VOLUNTEERING
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2. Organised by: Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:JUSTIN DAVIS SMITH CBE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VOLUNTEERING & DEVELOPMENT
NCVO

3. Young Trustees Guide
2nd November 2015
NCVO Trustee Conference
Kelley Temple
Senior Campaigns and Public Affairs Officer
Charities Aid Foundation

4. Key Challenges
Only 0.5% of charity trustees are under the age of 35.
An overview of the CAF guidance on involving young people as
Trustees
Perceptions of challenges and solutions:
 Time and availability
 Awareness of what Trusteeship entails
 Legal liability
 Engagement across multiple areas
 Being valued
 Fear of looking stupid

5. • 85% of people aged under-35 state that they would consider
becoming a trustee
• Increasing public confidence in an organisation by having a range of
people represented on their board(s), which can encourage greater
support from the public
• Diverse boards benefit from a greater range of skills and viewpoints
which can result in increased flexibility, greater scrutiny and better
informed decision making – a diverse board leads to more robust
decision making
• Young trustees are often hungry to learn and make a difference –
when given confidence, they may also ask the question others won’t
Benefits and Opportunities

6. “energises the board to think differently”
(They provide) “insight into the experiences of young people in the
UK”
(They ask) “very obvious and insightful questions that can change the
course of discussion”
“helps in making papers more accessible, which is of benefit to
everyone”
Charity Board Responses

7. Kelley Temple
Charities Aid Foundation
@kelley_temple
@cafonline
ktemple@cafonline.org
Young Trustees Guide

8. Youth Trusteeship – sports
governing body
perspectives on
challenges and
opportunities
Will Roberts

10. Bottom up approach
Don’t start at board level –
opportunities to take leadership
responsibility need to start earlier

12. Educate the institution
Help existing or resistant board
members understand the potential
and ability of young trustees through
advocacy

14. Don’t shoehorn
This is about adding value, improving
performance and increasing
effectiveness. Not tokenism.

16. Represent your members
Sports governing bodies tend to be
membership organisations – so give
the members representation to match
its own make-up… age, gender,
ethnicity, disability

18. Consider recruitment
Who are you recruiting? How should
you communicate with them? What’s
realistic in terms of experience?

20. Why bother?
It has to be important and relevant for
your organisation and not because it
seems a ‘good’ thing to do

22. Organised by: Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:MITA DESAI
FORMER CHAIR OF THE BRITISH YOUTH
COUNCIL AND MEMBER OF #IWILL
CAMPAIGN STEERING GROUP

23. Organised by: Lead Partner:
Media Partner:
Sponsors:CHARLOTTE HILL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
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