Trustees’ Week is an annual event to showcase the great work that trustees do and highlight opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved and make a difference.
To celebrate the amazing work being done in Orkney, we will be updating this section daily to highlight some of our amazing Trustees'. We will also be sharing useful information as well as help and advice.
Day 5:
It’s the last day of Trustees’ Week 2021 and our final Trustee Top 10 comes from Karin Spence who volunteers as a trustee with Inclusive Orkney. Today we also signpost to information, resources and training for trustees volunteering in the third sector.
View Karin Spence Trustee Top 10.
View Trustees’ Week and Beyond.
Day 4:
Our Volunteer Development Worker Sam Stringer looks at the roles and responsibilities of a voluntary trustee in Lines of Duty. Our Trustee Top 10 is from Caroline Butterfield, a trustee with not one but five organisations - Orkney Arts Society, Orkney Pilgrimage, Orkney Yole Association, Orkney Foodbank and THAW Orkney!
View Caroline Butterfield Trustee Top 10.
Day 3:
Trustee Top 10 today comes from Karl Kemp who is a trustee with the organisation Stromness Shopping Week, and VAO Finance Worker, Davie Campbell gives our Governing Documents – time for a check-up?
View Karl Kemp’s Trustee Top 10.
View Governing Documents - Time for a check-up?
Day 2:
Today our Trustee Top 10 comes from Ray Kemp who is a trustee with the Peedie Kirk United Reformed Church, the 1st Kirkwall Company Boy's Brigade & The Orkney Foodbank. VAO Finance Worker, Davie Campbell, also offers some good governance guidance with Seven Tips for Top Trustees.
View the 7 Tips for Top Trustees
Day 1:
Our Community Development Worker Clare Gee reflects on how trustees have been adapting during the pandemic and what a ‘new normal’ might look like as organisations re-open and re-engage in From Lockdown to Open Doors. We also have the first of our Trustee Top 10 – today we ask Sheila Garson about her experience of being a trustee with Stromness Museum, Shapinsay Church of Scotland and VAO.
