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Meridian Common Purpose Bursary Place for ACOSVO member

Tuesday 9 April 2019

Meridian Common Purpose (delivered through a Charitable Trust) is a highly acclaimed cross sector training course for senior/emerging leaders delivered in cities across the UK.

As part of the ongoing collaboration between ACOSVO and Common Purpose, ACOSVO are delighted to have been allocated a FREE bursary place for a current member who leads a small to medium sized organisation (Turnover <£500K) to attend a Meridian Common Purpose Course in Scotland.

Leadership Jobs

Monday 8 April 2019

In June 2019, acosvo will trial a 3 month FREE third sector leadership vacancies board for Chief Officer, senior managers, and board positions.

Attract the highest calibre of third sector leader by advertising your leadership and governance roles with acosvo. See below for further details.

Why a jobs board?

Get FREE Expert Advice – ACOSVO Strategic Partner (SP) Surgeries

Monday 8 April 2019

As part of your ACOSVO membership or Chairs’ Network affiliation you have access to our strategic partner experts in the fields of recruitment, law and investment, among others.

On May 15^th 2019 between 1300-1500 we are offering ACOSVO members and Chair’s network affiliates exclusive FREE 1-2-1 telephone surgeries with experts. These surgeries are confidential allowing you to gain expert advice on the personal and organisational issues facing you and your organisation.

Meet the Experts:

This year the average charity CEO will spend three months working for no pay

Friday 8 March 2019

For the first time since ACEVO, alongside partners CAF, ACOSVO & CO3, launched its annual Pay and Equalities Survey, CEOs were asked how many extra hours they typically worked per week. The survey found that CEOs work on average 10 additional hours each week, equivalent to almost one and a half days over the standard five. This means that this year, the average charity CEO will spend three months working for no pay.

We've Moved!

Thursday 24 January 2019

ACOSVO have now moved.

WIBF - Women on Board seeking Third Sector Organisations

Friday 11 January 2019

ACOSVO have been partnering with Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF), a membership organisation, to deliver a series of Women on Boards event.

The third and final event of the series, planned for March 4th, 17:30 - 20:00, exact details TBC, is focused on bringing potential Trustees from the WIBF membership together with third sector organisations who are seeking to recruit Trustees with these types of skills

We are Moving!

Wednesday 19 December 2018

In January 2019 ACOSVO will be packing up their boxes and banners here in Thorn House and moving the whole 0.5 miles to our shared new office space... alongside ACOSVO members: Relationships Scotland, Scottish Mediation, & HIV Scotland.

From 28th January 2019 we can be found at:

ACOSVO

18 York Place

Edinburgh

EH13EP

Tel: 0131 5108940

There may be a slight disruption to emails and phones over this period but we are really looking forward to this chapter of ACOSVO and thank you for bearing with us.

ACOSVO Annual Conference 2018 - Rebel with a Cause: A Twitter Story & Poetic Reflection

Tuesday 13 November 2018

We had a brilliant day at our 2018 annual conference through in Glasgow on November 1st. We can't thank our Chairs, speakers, table & workshop leads, and of course members & delegates enough for coming along and making the day so great.

Active Leadership: We Want You!

Monday 22 October 2018

Evidence shows that encouraging (and leading) an active lifestyle in the workplace leads to a happier, more productive workforce, so where better to start than the leader?

Travelling Chief Executive

Friday 19 October 2018

Ok, maybe not by balloon... but in 2019 ACOSVO Chief Executive, Pat Armstrong OBE will be hitting the road to ensure ACOSVO is meeting the needs of all of its members, not just those across the central belt. We are going to shake up the way we organise our local network meetings and start to plan our visits according to member requests.

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