Board Services
Specialist advice on how to engerise your board, enhance their skills and expand your potential donor network
Given the complexity of the corporate world – and the fierce competition for marketing and CSR budgets – arts organisations need expert leadership to secure funding.
We offer tailored skills, training, advice and support for boards and board members, providing the practical help and elusive insight that can make all the difference.
Board Bank
Our Board Bank service connects business people with arts organisations, allowing them to bring their distinctive qualities to the cultural sector.
They come to us with business acumen, vision and energy – and a passion for the arts. We train them in good governance and help them understand their new roles and responsibilities. Then we try to match them with suitable organisations to achieve a successful blend of skills, objectives, ideas and contacts.
While we cannot guarantee to find you a board member, since 1988 we have placed more than 5,000 business people as non-executive board members and advisors with not-for-profit arts organisations.
If you are already an Arts member and would like to apply please download our Board Bank application form below or contact:
Jessica Stockford
T: 0207 940 6425
E: jessica.stockford@artsandbusiness.org.uk
Board Development Resources
NCVO - The National Council for Voluntary Organisations supports good governance in the voluntary and community sector with resources, toolkits, information and advice.
GAIN - The GAIN programme is designed to recruit and develop a new generation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals to serve as board members of London's arts, heritage and sports organisations.
Charities Commission - The regulator for Charities in England & Wales provides guidance and advice including a range of publications on charity law, recommended best practice and the duties of charity trustees.
Money Mission Models - MMM is a national action research programme launched by Arts & Business that supports artistic and cultural activity. It features a series of provocations, discussions and checklist tools for trustees and management to examine their governance practices.
GOLD - Archive site for the Governance strand of the Cultural Leadership Programme featuring debates, discussions and research.
Board Services Information
DownloadBoard Bank Application Form
DownloadTrustee and Board Chair Job Descriptions