ACAT: Trustee Training for Churches
November 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Thanks to our diocesan membership, ACAT is offering Diocese of Manchester churches the opportunity to attend a number of their high-quality online training courses for free.
Places are limited – there are only 10 available per course – and there are a variety of subject areas being offered throughout November and December 2025. To reserve your place, please email zoekruger@manchester.anglican.org with your name and the title of the course you wish to attend. Your details will then be passed to the Training Team at ACAT, and they will email you with the joining instructions to attend your course via Zoom.
This offer will be repeated in 2026, and the dates and course titles will be announced early in the New Year.
Topic: Trustee Training for Churches
Dates: 22nd November and 6th December
Times: 10:00am – 12:00 noon
Session one covers:
- An introduction to the charity legal framework and the concept of a trustee
- An overview of church and charity governance
- Key processes for appointing, training, and managing trustees.
Session two covers:
The legal duties of trustees as set out in Charity Commission guidance ‘The essential trustee: what you need to know, what you need to do’, including:
- Ensuring their own eligibility to be trustees
- Ensuring the charity carries out its purposes for the public benefit
- Complying with the charity’s governing document and the law
- Acting in the charity’s best interests
- Managing the charity’s resources responsibly
- Acting with reasonable care and skill
- Ensuring the charity is accountable.
Please register by Friday, 14th November. Please attend both sessions, as they cover different topics.