A full service board-level volunteering programme, Step on Board, supports employees to volunteer as trustees of voluntary and charity sector organisations.
The programme is designed as an innovative, cost-effective and sustainable approach to employee professional development. Taking employees beyond the traditional avenues of leadership training and formal management education.
Comprehensive and tailored, we provide employees with training, skills-matching and coaching, whilst also enabling them to make a positive impact on the charities and causes they feel passionate about.
By joining the programme employees will be utilising their skills and experience to improve the performance of a charity and provide the strategic guidance and support needed to help make a charity deliver on its purpose. As board members they will make important decisions on how the charity is managed and operates and these decisions have a significant impact on both the charity and the community it serves.
Each Step on Board programme is tailored to each client’s specific needs and goals. A couple of our clients have opted for a programme targeting their senior staff; others have opened it up to all staff; while some have opted for a larger package of training courses for new and existing trustees in addition to the core elements of the programme.
During this process we offer;
- Guidance on how to communicate the programme internally
- Reading materials provided ahead of the 90 minute briefing session
- Monthly management information provided on participant engagement
- Physical or online progress and debrief meetings at 6 weeks, 12 weeks and on completion
- 9 months actively searching for opportunities
- Participants invited to join Step on Board Alumni and Trustees Unlimited database
Step on Board alumni
Over 300 people have now joined boards through the programme. This growing network is an opportunity to build a network of fellow trustees to share learning and insights.
As an alumni of Step on Board, you will have access to our networks and receive regular updates on sector governance and invitations to exclusive events.
Step on Board for individuals
We run the Step on Board programme regularly for individuals or small groups who would like to participate in the programme. These sessions are held via Skype or Zoom.
We are keen to make the Step on Board programme available to candidates beyond London and the South East. If this is of interest to you, or if you would like to host a Step on Board briefing session at your offices, please do get in touch.
How to participate in Step on Board
There are two ways in which you can take part in Step on Board. As an individual or small group, you can sign up to join our open programme, which runs regularly throughout the year.
For larger organisations considering supporting more than 5 people to participate in the programme, we can run an in house Step on Board programme for your employees via webinar.
Step on Board for organisations
For employers, Step on Board is an alternative leadership development programme and a way of exposing future leaders to the boardroom earlier on in their careers. In addition, companies can improve their CSR while their employees gain new strategic skills and governance experience and not only see how an organisation is run up close but also build valuable networks.
Get in touch with us to find out more about how your employees can gain from this programme.
