Northamptonshire Community Foundation

On demand webinar - Leading positive change

Mark Wilcox discusses how leaders can involve the organisation's people in change, rather than try to change people against their will. He looks at a simple model for exploring change, envisioning the organisation's future, creating engagement and then executing the plan

Watch the webinar: Leading positive change how to get people to engage in change willingly

On demand webinar - Five key building blocks for managing change

Are you ready for the changes you may need to make to adapt your services and continue to deliver great outcomes (or even better ones) for your beneficiaries? During this webinar, our Head of Operations, Alice Dabrowska presents a simple model to help you reflect on some of the key questions you need to address when planning a change within your project, team or within the organisation as a whole.

Watch the webinar: Five key building blocks for managing organisational change

On demand webinar - Leading through a crisis

Bill Mann, The Keep Calm Guy and Cranfield Trust volunteer, has successfully navigated his way through two life-changing events.  The first was narrowly surviving the London 7/7 bomb attacks, and the second was the loss of his wife shortly after, leaving a young family for him to care for.  He has a unique perspective on what it takes to deal with the emotional journey of the change curve and to support and guide others through the same journey. He shares his experience and strategies for leading through a crisis in this webinar. 

Watch the webinar: Leadership through a crisis. 

On demand webinar - How to present video calls

Mastering the art of presenting a video call will help you to persuade, influence and improve outcomes for your charity. In this webinar Dominic Laurie, former journalist, presenter and reporter for the BBC for 12 years, will help you to discover how to present video calls that have greater impact and drive results. 

Watch the webinar: How to present on video calls. 

On demand webinar - The hero paradox

During this insightful webinar presented by Kim Turnbull James, Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Leadership and Executive Learning at Cranfield School of Management, you will explore the idea that during times of crisis and complex change, we don’t need leaders to be heroes, but need leadership to enable and empower their team of heroes to carry out their difficult work and provide much needed services to their clients and service users. 

Watch the video: The hero paradox - leading heros not being a hero leader 

On demand webinar - Being inspired as a leader

In this webinar, Andy Bird will share the findings from his research into how leaders discover and maintain their own inspiration and then foster that same spirit within their teams. The key takeaways are practical ideas and insights that help people find their own ways to feel more inspired, more of the time.

Watch the webinar: Being inspired as a leader – how to inspire yourself and your team

On demand webinar - Effective diversity and inclusion

In this webinar, you'll discover how to develop and improve diversity and inclusion within your voluntary organisation. You will explore equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) best practice, learn practical insights and hear the personal experience of presenter, Julian John.

Watch the webinar: Effective diversity and inclusion within the voluntary sector

Resources to download

The slides from the webinar 'Leading positive change' are available to download below. If you would like a copy of the slides of any of the other above webinars, please do not hesitate to get in contact by email to: Vanessa, Programmes and Projects Manager.

On demand webinar - Leading with kindness

Leadership is a challenge like no other, and it must be founded on kindness and thoughtful action. We all need to belong, have a sense of purpose, and feel like we’re making a difference. Debra Charles, Novacroft’s Founder and CEO, firmly believes that leading with kindness is the foundation for team wellbeing, happiness, and business success and shares her insight in this webinar. 

Watch the webinar: Leading with kindness. 

On demand webinar - Seven pillars of wellbeing

In this webinar, our speaker, both a globally recognised COO and a Certified Personal Trainer, demonstrates how an innovative and practical human-centered framework that positions social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, intellectual, and physical wellness can act as a means to navigate this time of change. His approach drives the strategic thinking and planning to drive organisational wellness and focuses on building a better normal, not simply a new one.

Watch the webinar: Seven pillars of wellbeing

Useful articles and reading on wellbeing

The following resources will provide further information and guidance to support you.

10 tips for managing the wellbeing of remote and hybrid working charity teams

In this blog Cranfield Trust Volunteer, Dr Elouise Leonard-Cross, looks at a model for helping personal resilience.

You will find a wealth of other resources, articles and guidance in the wellbeing section of our resource library.

On-demand webinar - Investability: Why should I invest time or money in your charity?

Aimed at CEOs, senior managers, fundraisers, and trustees, this webinar explains ‘Investability’, which goes way beyond a funding strategy and is about how to put your charity at the forefront to attract interest, investment, and impact for your charity.

Packed with practical insights and ‘how to’ steps, learn how to put your charity at the front of this ground-breaking change and discover how to create unbeatable ways of attracting interest, investment, and impact for your charity.

Watch the recording of Investability: Why should I invest time or money in your charity?

On-demand webinar - Cultivating support: Engaging donors and trustees for non-mainstream causes

Join Mo Morgan, Lead Strategist at Great State, for this webinar addressing how to drive engagement with sensitive and less mainstream causes. Attracting support for these vital causes requires a more nuanced approach than traditional fundraising strategies.

In this hour-long session we delve into similar challenges in other sectors to find practical approaches to building meaningful connections with causes that may not be widely understood or easily embraced by the public.  You will learn how to:

• foster trust;
• overcome stigma;
• drive affinity; and
• leverage digital to create experiences for potential supporters that they never expected.

Watch the recording of Cultivating support: Engaging donors and trustees for non-mainstream causes

Resources to download

Below are the slides from the investability webinar.  These are available for you to download and keep.

Useful webinars to support you

The following webinars will provide further information and guidance to support you.

Watch the webinar: Covering the contract lifecycle

Watch the webinar: The art of the deal: why bidding and buying are two sides of the same coin

Watch the webinar: How to write a successful bid

Watch the webinar: Unrestricted Revenue without Tears

You will also find a wealth of other resources, articles and guidance in the leadership and strategic direction section of our resource library.

On-demand webinar - Business planning for charities

This webinar covers the ‘new realities’ facing the charity sector – what has changed forever and why you need to revisit your approach to strategy and scenario planning.  It provides a  structured and simple way to gain insights into the future and avoid being ‘blindsided’.  You will learn how to develop a punchy strategy that keeps your charity focused on the ‘things that really matter’ and how to use your strategy as a focus for funders, as well as how to do scenario planning and strategy with half the effort for twice the result!  

Watch the recording of Business Planning for Charities

Resources to download

Below are a range of useful resources to provide support and guidance with business planning for charities.  These are available for you to download and keep.

Useful articles and reading on business planning for charities

The following resources will provide further information and guidance to support you.

Six steps to reworking your charity’s strategy

Questions to ask to help you build your charity's business plan

An introduction to lean management

You will also find a wealth of other resources, articles and guidance in the charity strategy and business planning section of our resource library.

Useful articles and reading on good governance

The following resources will provide further information and guidance to support you.

Guest blog: Desert Island Governance

Do your Trustees know their responsibilities and liabilities?

You will also find a wealth of other resources, articles and guidance in the governance section of our resource library.

On-demand webinar - Good Governance -  why it matters

Learn all about good governance; what it is and why it matters, how to improve it and, importantly, how to let your funders know. This webinar covers: 

• Governance – what it is and why it matters;  
• Risk - why it needs to be managed and how it should be managed; 
• Splitting strategic governance from day to day management; 
• How to evaluate how well your charity is governed and; 
• How to improve your governance and most importantly, let your funders know!  

Watch the recording of Good Governance - why it matters

During times of economic uncertainty financial management can become more difficult, yet more important, than ever.  Here we share a range of practical suggestions, ideas and resources to help support you.

On demand webinar - Walking and talking through numbers

Join our volunteer to take you through financial management essentials including cashflow forecasting and funding. 

Watch the webinar: Walking and talking through numbers

On demand webinar - Covering the contract lifecycle

A contract is one of the most widely used forms of business communication, but it's often misused and misunderstood. This webinar explores how a good contract can help you to successfully manage risks, set service users' expectations, communicate obligations and avoid negative outcomes for your non-profit.

Watch the webinar: Covering the contract lifecycle

On-demand webinar - Understanding grant agreements

Grant funding is the core of many charities funding and grant funders hold the key to success or failure. Being able to read and understand their grant agreements is a key skill for any charity leader.

This webinar will help you do just that. You'll come away with practical tips and a clear framework to review grant agreements to ensure your organisation maximises funding opportunities and avoids common pitfalls.

Watch the webinar: Understanding grant agreements

On-demand webinar - Cash is King: The importance of cash flow forecasting

This webinar is designed for charity finance managers, book-keepers and Trustees.  It focuses on the importance of cash flow forecasting for small and medium charities during a time of economic uncertainty. Attendees can follow a demo of practical suggestions, basic concepts and ideas that they can implement immediately.  

The class is presented by Cranfield Trust's South West Project Manager Marie Langan who is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of accounting and auditing experience in a variety of management roles in Big Four and Top 20 firms in the UK and US. 

Watch the recording of 'Cash is King: The importance of cash flow forecasting

Resources to download

Below are a range of useful resources to provide support and guidance with cash flow forecasting.  These are available for you to download and keep. 

If you would like the slides from any of the above presentations, please do not hesitate to get in contact by email to Vanessa, Programmes and Projects Manager.

Useful articles and further reading on financial management

The following articles provide further information and guidance to support you.

Seven finance questions every charity trustee should ask

Charity board papers - nine tips and one rule

Managing a charity's finances in a high inflation environment

You will find a wealth of other resources, articles and guidance in the financial management and sustainability section of our resource library.