Strengthening Your Charity Board: Strategies for Recruitment & Retention

Join Fair Collective's Katy Baker to gain practical insights into recruiting, onboarding, and retaining exceptional trustees. Learn how to map board skills and experience, develop compelling role descriptions, and effectively diversify your board. Discover what makes a great induction process, who should be involved, and how to manage it seamlessly. Plus, explore strategies for trustee retention, including learning and development, fostering strong board dynamics, and planning for succession.

Katy has nearly 20 years’ experience of working with the third sector. Having spent many years in both charity front-line and leadership roles, the last five years have been spent supporting charities and socially-driven organisations as a strategy, governance and fundraising consultant.

Passionate about supporting organisations to become more sustainable and deliver greater impact, Katy has spent her time as a consultant honing her strategy and wider fundraising skills and immersed in all things governance. From charity formations and conversions, charity mergers and board recruitment to trustee strategy sessions and supporting effective board dynamics. Katy holds trustee positions for both a small and large charity in the West Midlands and has an MBA in Strategic Management.