ACAT: Trustee Training for Churches (Session 2)

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.

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.