Training for trustees

Training by date

This list contains upcoming training and workshops for trustees. If you are a charity or non profit offering free or low cost workshops for trustees, you can submit your event to this list using our form.

Festival of Trusteeship

The Festival of Trusteeship, organised by Eastside People, will return on 9 to 13 November 2026 during Trustees Week. The 2026 programme will provide a week-long series of low cost and free online events, workshops and discussions. Building on last year’s themes, the event will offer practical, accessible learning for trustees and aspiring trustees across all levels of experience. The programme is yet to be released but you can sign up to be kept up-to-date with the latest news about the Festival of Trusteeship.

On-demand trustee training

• Interims for Impact: offer an e-learning, 'Introductory Charity Governance Training' (£75), and an online self-led course, 'Introduction to Charity Closures' (£90).
• Eastside People Festival of Trusteeship: The 15 session recordings from the 2025 Eastside People Festival of Trusteeship (3rd to 7th Nov 2025).
• The Charity Commission 5 minute guides: The Charity Commission has a collection of five minute training videos on topics like Making decisions and Conflicts of interest
• NVCO eLearning: An eLearning course on the roles and duties of a trustee from the NCVO.
• Free trustee training from ICAEW: Online training modules provide an overview of charity trustees’ legal and financial responsibilities and their strategic and operational considerations.

Your local Community Support Council  may also offer trustee training for local charities.

To share details of on-demand training, or any other queries, please email [email protected] with 'Trustee training' in the subject line.

Role-specific training

• Association of Chairs training events: Online and in-person training for chairs.
• Honorary Treasurers Forum training events: Online and in-person training for treasurers.