17 April 2024
17 April 2024
Young people: have you ever considered volunteering as a school governor?đââď¸ If you have only recently left the education system yourself, you might wonder what you could bring to tbe role of school governor; perhaps you feel youâre too young or donât have enough experienceâŚbut you have so much to offer that schools are looking […]
Read more20 March 2024
20 March 2024
We are delighted that the DfE have agreed to continue funding the service to support schools and academies for a further six months, but it is with much sadness that we must announce that DfE funding of the Inspiring Governance school governor recruitment service will come to an end on September 30th, 2024. We are […]
Read more7 February 2024
7 February 2024
The new year has started here at Inspiring Governance by reaching the summit of one of our own mountains. We have now placed over 8,000 skilled, professional volunteers as school governors since we began delivering our DfE-funded recruitment service back in 2016. We are also making appointments that we hope will bring a lifetimeâs commitment […]
Read more9 January 2024
9 January 2024
âWhat are your goals for 2024?â Have you been talking or thinking about this since the new year began? This is the time of year that many of us think about what we want to achieve in the year ahead, with many goals focused on personal and professional development â how to work better, do […]
Read more4 December 2023
4 December 2023
The first flurries of snow, struggling to get the Christmas tree through the door, finding that faulty fairy light, the ceremonial opening of the Quality StreetâŚthe festive season has now officially kicked off for many of us around the country. As I shiver over my laptop on this chilly December morning, my mind returns to […]
Read more11 October 2023
11 October 2023
Today Inspiring Governance and the National Governance Association (NGA) relaunch our joint Everyone on Board campaign to diversify school and academy governance. Over a third of Inspiring Governanceâs current governor appointments are from an ethnic minority and nearly half are under 35 years old, yet there is a fast-growing divergence in the wider school system […]
Read more4 September 2023
4 September 2023
Whether it was a sunny holiday or rainy staycation, the summer break is officially over and the time has come for children and young people to head back to school for a new academic year, refreshed and ready – hopefully! – for a new year of learning. We have been working hard over the summer […]
Read more31 August 2023
31 August 2023
With the new school year about to begin, our charityâs mission is clear. Education and Employers wants to ensure that every young person, wherever they live, whatever their parents or carersâ circumstances, has the opportunity to meet a diverse range of volunteers from the world of work to hear first-hand about the possibilities open to […]
Read more26 May 2023
26 May 2023
1-7 June 2023 is Volunteersâ Week, a time to celebrate the invaluable contribution that volunteers make. This coincides with the point of the year that many professionals across the country are considering their professional development plans: could volunteering as a school governor offer the development opportunity you are looking for this year? Being part of […]
Read more29 March 2023
29 March 2023
This month Inspiring Governance passed the figure of 7,000 brilliant volunteers successfully placed as school governors â each giving up their valuable time and skills to provide critical support and oversight to our school governing boards â the bedrock of our school system. We reached this figure only a week after the Department for Culture, […]
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