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Why we should celebrate mentoring...

Tuesday 5 February 2019

“Mentors clearly make (and experience) a life changing difference for individuals.”

Two weeks after ACOSVO’s first cross-sectoral mentoring conference in conjunction with the Law Society of Scotland, Phili Wetton, ACOSVO’s Engagement Manager, and mentoring programme co-ordinator, reflects on the event and the impact mentoring has for individuals, no matter what stage of life they are at.

My internship journey with ACOSVO

Tuesday 18 December 2018

It all started with a question, “do you want to do your internship in Belgium or abroad?” Easy question if you ask me, of course abroad! So I applied for an intern position at ACOSVO. I had never been in Scotland before, but wow what I’ve been missing.

CSC Leaders Programme: Lessons Learned

Friday 19 October 2018

In this leadership blog Pat reflects on her experience on the second leg of the CSC Leaders programme in Kuala Lumpar.

Info on CSC at http://www.cscleaders.org/about/. The programme involves one week in London and one in another part of the commonwealth with almost 80 leaders from a wide range of countries and sectors.

See blog on first leg for more details on CQ and core and flex which are concepts which underpin the learning.

A change is as good as a rest!

Tuesday 28 August 2018

In the last couple of blogs ACOSVO Chief Executive, Pat Armstrong has been reflecting on her long term leader journey and also looking to challenge herself as a leader. In this blog she talks about how she tried to do just this by volunteering with the Glasgow Games.

Guest Blog: The Long Term Leader

Thursday 23 August 2018

Barnardo’s Scotland Director, Martin Crewe contributes this blog (with a little help from ACOSVO Chief Exec, Pat Armstrong) discussing being a long term leader...

Leadership Blog: Walking the Talk

Friday 17 August 2018

ACOSVO Chief Executive, Pat Armstrong, reflects on her time at the CSC Leaders Programme and shares her responsibility of 'walking the talk'.

"I have had the most incredible opportunity this year – and I’m only half way through!”

Update! Punk leadership - complete control?

Wednesday 11 July 2018

Updated blog (see original here) from Graeme Reekie, Director, Wren & Greyhound, who has been delving into the (mosh) pit of Punk Leadership over the past four months.

Punk leadership – complete control?

Friday 6 July 2018

This blog is written by Graeme Reekie, Director of Wren & Greyhound, and a respected charity specialist with more than 25 years' experience. Find out more about Graeme here.

We've begun exploring the idea of 'punk leadership' with out partners at ACOSVO, with a workshop at their recent members' day and a dinner that was hosted on 28th June.

Pat’s Journey to an OBE

Tuesday 3 July 2018

“I have a visit to the palace this week”. Not sure these are words I ever thought I would ever say. But here we are, hitting the wrong side of 50, over 30 years in the sector and getting an OBE.

Bridging the Gap: Ensuring your organisation isn’t left without a leader

Friday 15 June 2018

What do you do if your organisation is suddenly left with a gap in leadership? Or perhaps the Chief Executive is in need of support in times of crisis. There can be many reasons an organisation might be faced with this reality but whatever gap has been identified there is now a timely, highly effective service which provides third sector organisations with access to expert, experienced third sector Interim Executives to support leadership transition within third sector organisations.

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Barnardo’s Scotland Director, Martin Crewe contributes this blog (with a little help from ACOSVO Chief Exec, Pat Armstrong) discussing being a long term leader...

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