Trustee Deck · Trustee Support
Why don’t you invest in your Board?
Without Trustees, your charity couldn’t operate.
They oversee your finances, governance, safeguarding, data, risk and some of the most important decisions your organisation makes.
They also carry legal duties and accountability. If your charity is a company, your Trustees are also Company Directors, with duties under both charity and company law. In some circumstances, personal liability can arise.
That’s a significant responsibility to ask somebody to accept as a volunteer.
Yet charities invest in staff, systems, technology and professional advisers while the people ultimately responsible for governing the organisation can have remarkably little independent support.
Without your Board, you’d close. So why wouldn’t you invest in it?
- £1 PER TRUSTEE, PER DAY
- SUPPORT
- CONFIDENCE
- COMPLETE
Helping People and Organisations Thrive
Applying for funding? Saying you have good governance isn’t enough.
Show what you’re doing about it.
A safeguarding policy. Secure CRM. Governance procedures. Risk registers. Data policies.
They’re important. They’re also increasingly expected.
Differentiate your organisation by demonstrating investment in the people responsible for overseeing them.
Trustee Deck gives your Board independent support, confidential access to guidance and professional development.
So when a funder, commissioner or partner asks about governance, you have something tangible to demonstrate.
Don’t just say you take governance seriously. Demonstrate it.
Good Trustees aren’t easy to find. Or replace.
You’re asking somebody to give their time, bring their experience and accept genuine responsibility for your organisation.
What are you offering them in return?
Trustee Deck gives you something meaningful to say to somebody considering joining your Board:
We value the role you’re taking on. We recognise the responsibility that comes with it. And we’ve invested in supporting you to do it well.
It gives existing Trustees the same message.
Employees have managers, HR, grievance and whistleblowing routes. Volunteers have policies, safeguarding and reporting routes.
Trustees. Who do they turn to?
That’s the gap Trustee Deck was created to fill.
Choose the support your Trustees need.
Independent, confidential support and professional development, priced per Trustee and per day.
Support
Confidential, independent support to reality-check concerns, understand your options and decide what needs to happen next. Where appropriate, we can help raise an issue with the Board while keeping the focus on the concern.
£1 per Trustee, per dayConfidence
Confidential one-to-one coaching and mentoring for Trustees and Chairs. Prepare for meetings, understand Board papers and ask better questions with confidence.
£2 per Trustee, per dayComplete
Support and Confidence together, with an annual Board observation and assurance element. Independent support for Trustees and a fresh perspective on how the Board works.
£3 per Trustee, per dayWant to see exactly how Trustee Deck works?
The Trustee Deck brochure explains the service in more detail, including the support available, real-world examples and the differences between Support, Confidence and Complete.
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We understand the responsibility. We carry it too.
MH360 is a registered charity supporting mental health since 2003.
Our team holds Trustee roles across charities ranging from national organisations to smaller community charities, alongside Director-level experience in professional, regulated and compliance-led environments and extensive experience in data management and information security.
We don’t just advise Trustees. We are Trustees too.
And because Trustee Deck is provided by Mental Health 360, the money it generates also supports our charitable work.
What does your charity invest in its Board?
Support — £1 per Trustee, per day
Confidence — £2 per Trustee, per day
Complete — £3 per Trustee, per day
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