In our final episode of the series Rachel Titchen and Gail Cunningham talk about openness and accountability. A lot of the focus here is on what a charity can do to ensure wider confidence to other stakeholders by providing access and information around their investments, accounts and wider policies. By ensuring that the trustees are open, will give rise to the fact that they can be held accountable for their actions.

In the penultimate episode focusing on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion sees Rachel Titchen and Gail Cunningham talking through the ways in which all trustee/staff/committee members who are involved in the charity’s investments commit to exploring, understanding and taking action with regard to equity, diversity and inclusion. Although this principle comes with only Recommends, it is a really critical principle, that might take a while to implement effectively, but that will hopefully ensure longer term success of a charity when applied.

Episode 6 of the series has Rachel Titchen and Gail Cunningham cover principle five – Effectiveness. The focus in this principle is around the confidence that each trustee has to make decisions. Ensuring that all trustees are equipped to understand the impact of the decisions they make and the right times to access further training or advice to support. There’s also a good opportunity to focus on how the Board and wider charity team can work together to ensure that everyone is able to provide the right oversight to meet the charity’s purpose.