CCE Events in 2024/25

Perspectives on Leadership, Sector and State: How do we work with, and challenge a new Government?

Wednesday 2 October 2024
Location: Bayes Business School

This panel session of leaders looked at the world through a post-election lens. It reflected on how we adapt to this huge political change and considered the pros, cons and challenges of working with the new Government, including contracting and advocacy.

The event was introduced by Bayes Honorary Visiting Professor Paul Streets (former CEO, Lloyds Bank Foundation), followed by opening comments from the panel. This was followed by a panel discussion on the opportunities and risks a new Government brings and how the sector should respond. The event was then opened to questions from the audience.

Speakers included:

• Beatrice Stern,  Government Affairs Lead, NCVO
• Clarissa Stoneham, Deputy CEO, EACH Counselling and Support
• Shameem Ahmad, CEO, Public Law Project

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Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.

This event was the second in our Perspectives on Leadership series. A write up and recording from the first event in the series, Reflections Forward: Perspectives on leadership in a changing context, can be found here.

Perspectives on Leadership for an Inclusive Sector

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Location: Bayes Business School

This panel session of leaders looked at what it means to have an inclusive and diverse work culture.

The event was introduced by Bayes Honorary Visiting Professor Paul Streets (former CEO, Lloyds Bank Foundation), followed by opening comments from the panel. This was followed by a panel discussion on why inclusion and diversity needs to remain at the top our agendas and what practical steps you can take as a leader to get there. The event was then opened to questions from the audience.

Speakers included:

Louise Harris (COO, Crisis)

Kamran Mallick (CEO, Disability Rights UK)

Ruth Ibegbuna (Founder and CEO, Rekindle School)

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Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.

This event was the third in our Perspectives on Leadership series. The first event in the series was, Reflections Forward: Perspectives on leadership in a changing context. A write up and recording from the first event can be found here. The second event in the series was, Perspectives on Leadership, Sector and State: How do we work with, and challenge a new Government? A write up and recording from the second event can be found here.

Coaching and mentoring for charity CEOs: From myths and hearsay to evidence and impact

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Location: Online, via Zoom

In this online webinar Dr Andy Bird and Dr Helen Timbrell discussed the distinctions between coaching and mentoring and how it can be of significant benefit to charity CEOs. Dr Andy Bird presents his doctoral research to share his findings on this topic.

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Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.

Who gets a coach? Managing access to coaching in charities

Thursday 5 June 2025

In this free webinar Dr Helen Timbrell shared the results of her research exploring how UK charities manage access to coaching for emerging and current leaders.

She highlighted some of the risks associated with the current loose, hidden and historic approaches to managing access to coaching, and also identified opportunities to introduce a more strategic and planned approach, which may deliver better outcomes for individuals and organisations.

Helen is a People and Organisational development Consultant and Researcher. She is one of the Centre for Charity Effectiveness Coaches, coordinating the CCE coaching programme, and a facilitator of the Action Learning Programme.

This event was chaired by CCE Consultant, Coach, and Visiting Lecturer Lisa Barry.

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Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.

Perspectives on leadership behaviours of a great fundraising organisation

Wednesday 25 June 2025

Location: Bayes Business School

Despite hard work and good intentions, many nonprofit organisations around the world massively underperform. Why? They don’t have the money. They don’t have the money because they don’t know how to raise it.

During this event, Alan Clayton, Chair of Revolutionise International, presented insights from his recently published exploration into the behaviours which lead an organisation to successfully transform its fundraising income. A sub-set of the success behaviours identified are distinct to leaders of successful organisations – and they go across the entire organisation, C-suite and board. These behaviours are clear differentiators between fundraising success and failure.

Alan was joined in a plenary by:

• David Craig, CEO, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance
• Harpreet Kondel, Chair, Chartered Institute of Fundraising
• Emma Malcolm, Director of income and transformation, Macular Society
• Dr Haseeb Shabbir, Academic Lead for the Centre for Charity Effectiveness’s (CCE) MSc in Charity Marketing and Fundraising. Haseeb also chaired the event.

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Please note that the Q&A portion of this event was not recorded.