Trusteeship and influencing in the new political landscape

About this event

Navigating a constantly changing political landscape is difficult for any organisation, particularly when charity advocacy is under scrutiny. But influencing policy can be a great way for charities to deliver social change. And trustees need to know how to support this.  

The new Labour government seems willing to work closely with charities. The Civil Society Covenant framework, launched in October 2024, promises to reset the government’s relationship with civil society and build a new meaningful partnership, harnessing the potential of charities, community groups and social impact organisations.  

Building on our previous event, Campaigning for trustees, where speakers discussed how charities can campaign effectively and lawfully, we’re regrouping to explore what trustees need to know about influencing in the new political landscape.  

What will we cover?

At this event, we will discuss: 

• What opportunities and challenges the new government brings for trustees 
• The current legal and regulatory landscape for influencing 
• How best to work with a new government nationally and locally.

Who is it for?

This event is free and open to all trustees, with a particular focus on those of small and medium-sized organisations.

Speakers

We are delighted to be joined by Beatrice Stern, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at NCVO and Delroy Corinaldi, NPC Trustee and Trustee at Terrence Higgins Trust. The session will be chaired by NPC’s Policy Manager, James Somerville.

The event series

This event is part of our trusteeship event series with the Clothworkers’ Company: How can trustees create charities which are fit for the future? Sign up to our other events:

1. What trustees need to know about AI on 26 March.
2. How can trustees be more adaptive and systemic? on 8 May.
3. Achieving impact in a challenging financial context on 8 July.

Accessibility

We are actively working to improve the accessibility of our online and in-person events. As part of our commitment, for all online events we use live closed captions and upload the recordings to YouTube which has the capability to select subtitles. For in-person events we strive to use accessible venues. If you have any additional accessibility requirements that we can assist with, please email us at Events@thinkNPC.org.

How we can help

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