Mission impossible- a report and reference collection of charity mission and visions (full report and reference)

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Remember doing exams at school where you just wanted to look other people's answers without the hard work of revising? Well "Mission Impossible" lets you do just that - for other charities' vision statements. It takes away all the hard work of trawling through their organisations' websites. Or as they say in the ads - we've done the hard work so you don't have to. "Mission Impossible" brings together over 80 vision statements from a range of organisations in the charity and not for profit sector. We don't claim it's exhaustive or representative, just useful.

The public’s understanding and perception of trustees

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Tim Harrison-Byrne, Co-Managing Director, nfpResearch

Trustees govern charities and are accountable for their direction – yet for most people, they remain almost invisible. Understanding what the public knows and feels about trusteeship matters, not least for efforts to recruit more diverse boards.

In January 2026, nfpResearch polled 1,000 members of the general public in the United Kingdom on their attitudes to trustees, working with the Association of Chairs and Interims for Impact. The sample was representative by age, gender and social class.

Trustee Research Response: Felicia Willow, Interims for Impact

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Felicia Willow is the Director of Interims for Impact, a community of interim leaders and specialists supporting charities through transition, gaps and crisis. A former human rights lawyer and experienced interim CEO, she has led and advised charities on governance, strategy and crisis for more than a decade. She is also co-host of For Impact: The Charity Podcast, supported by the Benefact Group, whose episode “Public service or private privilege?

Understanding localism in the devolved nations – what can charities learn from local campaigns?

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Peter Dawson

How do charities appeal directly to the communities they operate in? The past two years have given us abundant scope to view how charities have interacted with the localities around them. Grassroot charities were at the heart of the COVID-19 response, displaying their agility and knowledge of the areas they covered to help the most vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. But what of larger charities – how do some of these organisations connect with local bases?

Trustee Recruitment Websites – Could they be more straightforward?

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In this week's blog, Joe Saxton shares his experience of using a number of Trustee recruitment sites to try and find a new Trustee role. Read about the twists and turns of what ends up being the (surprisingly?) not-so-straightforward process of navigating recruitment sites for this particular type of role.

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