Accessing Leadership: supporting disabled leaders and future leaders in the voluntary sector – Part one: Scoping Review
Zara Todd and Ellie Munro Foreword: Zara Todd & Ellie Munro As Shakespeare wrote in Twelfth Night, ‘some are born great; some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.’ For many disabled leaders, their leadership journey is a mixture of all these origin points. Very few of the disabled leaders that we have […]
Hidden Leaders: disability leadership in civil society
Zara Todd and Ellie Munro 1. Summary This report explores what ACEVO and wider civil society need to consider if they want to be embedding disability inclusive practice. Despite disabled people accounting for 20% of the workforce, data shows us that politically disabled(1) leaders are underrepresented in civil society with only 16% of sector CEOs […]
Hidden Leaders: briefing for external audience
Zara Todd and Ellie Munro Background In January 2020 ACEVO undertook an open commissioning process in order to recruit consultants to carry out a piece of work that would help ACEVO to understand the steps it needs to take to realise its ambition of becoming accessible and inclusive of disabled people. The consultants working on […]
Hidden Leaders
Hidden Leaders: Disability leadership in civil society explores how ACEVO, and other senior leaders in the voluntary sector, can create a more disability-inclusive approach to leadership. The report was commissioned by ACEVO to support its aim of creating a more disability-inclusive staff team, board and membership. Co-authored by disability activist Zara Todd and third sector […]
Rebalancing the Relationship
In 2018 NCVO, ACEVO and Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales launched a project to address competition and collaboration between voluntary organisations and social enterprises of different sizes around the delivery of services of all kinds to the public. The project has focused on organisations working within the context of the competitive commissioning environment […]
Workforce wellbeing in charities
In November 2019, ACEVO and Mental Health First Aid England launched a project exploring how voluntary sector CEOs can support greater workforce wellbeing. The conversation developed from one focused on workforce wellbeing to one which explored the bigger picture of charity sector mental health, and the responsibility of boards to ensure leaders can support themselves […]
Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector
This report contains discussions about people’s experiences of racism which could be distressing or triggering. If you feel distressed reading the report or would like support for your emotional or mental health you can find resources at: Scroll down to download the report and read about the next steps Together with Voice4Change England we are […]
Charities and insolvency
On 28 March 2020 the government announced changes to the insolvency regime aimed to provide companies breathing space and keep trading through the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be a temporary suspension of wrongful trading provisions to remove the threat of personal liability during the pandemic, applied retrospectively from 1 March 2020. In addition, there will […]
Building trust with the new parliament
ACEVO and nfpSynergy are partnering to provide ACEVO members and nfpSynergy clients with a comprehensive understanding of trust, and how it relates to charities. With this series of reports, we hope to give you a more nuanced understanding of what trust is, and why it is important for your charity. Our first report looked at […]
In plain sight: workplace bullying in charities and the implications for leadership
Following revelations over recent years about exploitation and abusive organisational cultures within the charity sector, there has been a rise in public and political concern about the possibility of misconduct taking place within charities, including bullying behaviour. This report shines a light on the experiences of people who have been bullied in a charity workplace. […]
Trust in charities, and why it matters
ACEVO and nfpSynergy have partnered to provide ACEVO members and nfpSynergy clients with a comprehensive understanding of trust, and how it relates to charities. With this report, we hope to give you a more nuanced understanding of what trust is and why it is important for your charity. We look at how trust in the […]
Racial diversity in the charity sector
The charity sector as a whole is failing to reflect the racial diversity of the individuals, communities and geographic it serves. Only 9% of the voluntary sector workforce is from a BAME background, this figure decreases significantly in more senior positions. In this report, ACEVO and Institute of Fundraising urge charities to prioritise increasing diversity in their […]