1. Connecting employee volunteers with school/college governing boards
Alister Bould
Head of Governance Programmes, Outreach and Recruitment
Inspiring Governance
5 July 2018

2. The context in England Historic situation The rise of good governance
Department for Education support
More recently

3. Why is it important that employers participate in school/college governance?
Employees have skills that schools need
Governance is an excellent way of building closer links between education and the business world
Employers can help shape the workforce of tomorrow
Both schools and employers benefit

4. It’s a win-win scenario

5. How do we facilitate it?

6. How do we facilitate it? Customer Service Team 1:1 Help and Support
Volunteer Search
Bespoke Matching
Regional Managers
Local Expertise
Employer Engagement
Support for Volunteers & Recruiters

7. Our experience Volunteers signing up System running smoothly
Recruiters engaging

8. The outcomes Governors appointed – approaching 1,000
Vacancies registered – over 4,500
Volunteers – over 6,000

9. The outcomes Schools benefit Employers benefit Individuals benefit
Children benefit

10. The challenges Developing technology
Balancing the number of recruiters and volunteers
Engaging recruiters
Meeting demand

11. Organisations we work with11
Organisations we work with

12. Case Study