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How to Diversify Your Board; How to Recruit Trustees for Your Charity; From Here to Diversity
A set of free practical guides for UK charities on trustee recruitment and board diversity. How to Diversify Your Board gives advice, case studies and templates for recruitment and onboarding. How to Recruit Trustees for Your Charity draws on 30 charities and includes skills audit and advert templates and an 8-step recruitment process. From Here to Diversity, from Action for Trustee Racial Diversity, covers recruiting Black and Asian trustees.
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Getting on Board (2023). Getting on Board free guides: How to Diversify Your Board; How to Recruit Trustees for Your Charity; From Here to Diversity. https://gettingonboard.org/free-guides-for-charities
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