2. Key points Background and development of Liberating Leadership
Brief introduction to the model
Progress to date and future developments

3. Leadership & Governance NSS workstream
Our vision is that leadership and governance are at the heart of organisational effectiveness, and that the success and sustainability of third sector organisations depends on how they are led and governed. Our mission is to build the capacity of support providers to develop, promote, and champion excellence in leadership and governance practices in the third sector.
NCVO, ACEVO and CSC

4. Leadership & Governance Aim
2.  Leadership Development: Support providers will be better equipped with new models and resources to assist third sector organisations to overcome barriers in accessing leadership development

5. Barriers to Leadership Development for community groups
Lack of recognition of leadership – cultural, language, ideological and personal
Context
Time
Cost

6. Key Influences
Focus on concept of collective leadership rather than individual leaders
Community development values – a bottom up approach
Paulo Friere – recognition of existing leadership skills and abilities and need to start where people are already at
Saul Alinsky – focus on leadership to achieve social change
Contributions from Coalition members inc ECA

7. Issues during development
Challenge existing perceptions of leadership
Need to be able to describe how collective leadership in community sector actually works – focus is on trustees/management committees
Articulate why leadership is important for the community sector
Develop a practical programme for support provider organisations to support development of the above leadership

8. A new model for the community sector
Toolkit for using with community groups Training programme for development workers

9. Understanding Leadership
To liberate leadership, first you have to understand it
Explore views and experience of leadership
Challenge jaded assumptions
Explore the meaning of leadership

10. The new model – four Essential Elements

11. Applying Principles - leadership in the community sector means;
Empowerment:
being participative
being accountable
enabling others
building a vision
Taking action for social change:
tackling exclusion
building bridges
taking a stand
acting with enterprise

12. Applying Principles -
Exploring values as the basis for motivations and actions
Understanding the principles that underpin leadership
Using the principles as guidance on how to do leadership
Adopting the principles as a framework for leadership

13. Liberating Leadership toolkit
To accompany the training programme
An introduction to the new model and how to use with groups
Includes 29 participatory tools to use with groups or an open workshop
Further resources and reading
Website with discussion forums and additional downloads

14. Liberating Leadership training programme
For development workers of support provider organisations
3 day programme (2 day residential plus 1 day)
Introduction to Liberating Leadership model and toolkit
Try out using some of the tools that have been developed
Feedback session on using the tools with groups where they can learn from each other’s experience
Equip them with a model and resources to organise a short workshop about leadership or work 1:1 with a group

15. Progress to date SKiLD (NAVCA) delivering the training programmes
2 successful programmes so far and another next week
Limited impact on groups as DW still working out how to use tools

16. What Next? Launching Liberating Leadership – 20th Nov
National training programmes planned for Nov, Jan & Feb
Starting to plan regional training programmes for 2010
Partnering with Coalition members to deliver training programmes to particular sub-sector support providers where appropriate
Interested in ideas about how to develop Liberating Leadership for the future

17. Hazel Capper
Leadership and Governance Programme Manager T E

18. Community Sector Coalition
A voice for the community sector.
CSC is a coalition of national umbrella organisations whose work focuses on the community sector who want to champion the unique contribution that the community sector brings to civil society.

19. CSC Aims
To campaign for policy change that will benefit the community sector
To deliver a programme of research and learning about the community sector
To enable members to share information and identify priorities for collective action

20. CSC Members ACRE ADEPT bassac BTEG BTCV CLES CCWA CDX CDF Advice UK
DTA
ECA
FbRN
FCDL
FCFCG
Mind
NAVCA
NCVYS
TPAS
VAN
Advice UK
Community Matters
NovasScarman
Urban Forum
Community Foundation Networks

21. Key Areas of Work
Representation (Third Sector Partnership Board & NI4 delivery group and Ministerial Task Force on Climate Change, Third Sector Research Centre Advisory Board)
Responding to consultations
Compact Refresh
Celebrating EAC
Leadership and Governance NSS

22. ECA and the Coalition
Mutually supportive relationship – Coalition benefit from expertise in adult learning and ECA from support of broader Coalition
nominate Coalition representative on DIUS National Advisory Forum on informal adult learning
leading EAC deliverer, innovator, collaborator
Global reach – Ministers and EU
Cunning plans – letters of influence
Joint bids

23. Future developments Developing a Manifesto document
Writing Strategic Plan for
recruiting for a new Chair
reviewing our hosting/constitution
encouraging sector collaboration to address climate change issues