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Reach Volunteering

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Reach Volunteering is a London-based charity, set up in 1979, that matches skilled volunteers and trustees with charities and community groups. Organisations post volunteer and trustee roles on its online platform. People based in the UK with at least three years' professional experience can search and apply, or create a profile so charities can contact them. TrusteeWorks, its paid search service, recruits trustees, chairs and treasurers for charities, academy trusts, hospices and other social purpose organisations. Its consultants run a briefing call, research and direct search, then screen candidates and present a longlist. Timescales are not published. The service is free for volunteers and most organisations. Trustee roles are free for charities and educational bodies with income under £1 million and other organisations under £250,000; above that, a role costs £200 or £300 plus value added tax (VAT), and an Enhanced option costs £450 plus VAT. TrusteeWorks is priced by quote. Reach is a registered charity (number 278837) and a company limited by guarantee. In 2025 it recorded 5,996 placements, including 1,387 trustee appointments, across 2,440 organisations. After announcing a closure, it says nine funders and donors are now funding it to the end of 2028.

Salford Professional Development

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Salford Professional Development is the commercial training arm of the University of Salford, based in Salford and set up as a company in 2012. This listing covers its Non-Executive Director Programme, a two-day course for people seeking a non-executive director (NED) role or a portfolio career. It covers how the NED role differs from an executive director's, the legal framework, formal duties and liabilities, interpersonal skills in the boardroom, and how to secure a first role and manage a portfolio career. Teaching uses case studies, role-play, scenarios and structured group discussion. It runs as a live virtual classroom or on the University of Salford campus. The tutor is John Palfreyman, Associate Professor of Digital Strategy at the University of Leeds, who advises boards. The programme costs £1,195 plus VAT. Other director-level courses include Board Dynamics and Corporate Governance, which can count towards a Certified Directors Programme that ends in a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Level 8 Certificate in Strategic Direction and Leadership. The site displays the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and continuing professional development (CPD) logos, though the NED programme page names no accreditation. The company is Salford Professional Development Limited, incorporated on 3 July 2012.

The Financial Times NED Network

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The Financial Times (FT) Non-Executive Director Club is the alumni network of the FT Board Director Programme, set up in 2004 and run in London and Asia. Membership is open to graduates of the FT Non-Executive Director (NED) Diploma and to people who have taken its courses. Members are invited to regular speaking and networking events and receive a monthly digital newsletter on legislation, governance news and job opportunities. The programme behind the Club runs the six-month Diploma, a two-day Effective Non-Executive Director Programme workshop, a one-day workshop on getting a first NED role, self-paced online courses of 3 to 4 hours each, and in-house board training for organisations delivered in person, online or in a hybrid format. No separate fee for the Club is published. The UK Diploma costs £8,925 in person or £7,525 virtually, excluding VAT (value added tax), and the Asia Diploma costs £10,250 in person. The Certificate in Board Effectiveness, made up of four online courses, costs £1,750 plus VAT. The Diploma states it is approved by Pearson Education Limited as meeting the criteria for Pearson's Self Regulated Framework, and legal content in two of its modules was updated by Slaughter and May in January 2025. Its faculty are practising non-executive directors and chairs.

University of Leeds Business School

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Leeds University Business School, part of the University of Leeds, runs the Exceptional Non-Executive Director (NED) Programme on its Leeds campus. The programme is for people with executive-level experience who want to develop the skills to serve as a non-executive director. It starts with two face-to-face days on campus, followed by a three-month placement with a high-growth small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) that includes at least three board meetings. An online webinar is held halfway through the placement and a final day on campus closes the course. Sessions cover legal responsibilities, financial literacy for NEDs, best practice on boards, situational leadership and how investment panels make decisions. It runs twice a year, with each cohort lasting four to five months. The fee is £2,800, and places are limited in each cohort. Participants receive a certificate and can apply to join a national NED network. The September 2026 cohort is full, and registration is open for February 2027.