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as a trustee...

This is the joint registration page for the Small Charities Coalition and Charity Trustee Networks.

If you are a trustee or someone involved in a charity that has an annual income of less than £1million (our definition of a small charity) then please click here to read a summary of the services available to you.

If you are a trustee or someone involved in a charity that has an annual income of more than £1million (what we call a large charity) then please click here to read a summary of the services available to you.

To become a small charity trustee member your charity must:

1. Have charitable purposes that are defined under law as charitable [read more]

2. Have an annual income less than £1 million [read more]

3. Be registered or constituted in the UK [read more]

4. Join the network and be prepared to share your skills, experiences and resources with your fellow small charities and engage with the coalition whenever possible [read more] 

Small Charities Coalition and Charity Trustee Networks are building something unique. A network of small and large charities that can help and support one another by exchanging the skills, experience and resources your charity already has, with those that you don’t. By joining the coalition you are sharing our vision and will do all that you can to support it. Together, we are more effective.

As someone involved with a small charity you can get access to the following services and benefits:

• Skills sharing and mentoring with other small and large charities

• Group support from other small charities and led by a professional

• Monthly small charity bulletins

• Chance to contribute to policy work

• Events and training

• Discounted services and products

• And access to resources designed specially for small charities

All Trustees and those wanting to know more about good governance you can benefit from:

• trusteefinder to post your board vacancies*

• Trustee Networks to link up with other trustees and management committee members online and in person

• Trustee and Chair bi-monthly newsletters

• Trustee speed-recruiting events and trustee mentoring

• Chair to Chair skills sharing and mentoring

• UK Trustee events listings

• Trustee specific resources

• And the chance to contribute your views to influence national policy

 * To use  you must complete another short registration with CTN. This is whilst we integrate our websites.

There are additional opportunities to develop your own skills by helping small charities through our skills matching services.

[Learn more about our skills sharing and mentoring service]

[Learn more about our group support]