Your First 90 Days as a Trustee
A practical guide for new trustees covering what your role actually means, how to read board papers, what questions to ask, and how decisions really get made. Also useful for chairs and CEOs who want to give new board members a proper induction.
What No One Tells You When You Join a Charity Board
You’ve just joined a board. First meeting done. The papers are full of numbers and acronyms you’ve never seen before. People speak confidently, so you nod along, but you’re not entirely sure what you’re supposed to be looking for.
This guide fills that gap.
It walks you through the first 90 days of being a trustee in a small or medium-sized UK charity; what your role actually means in practice, how to read the information in front of you, what questions matter, and how to understand how decisions are really made.
It also helps chairs and CEOs who want to give new trustees something that actually prepares them, rather than relying on chance or informal handover.
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