Get a new perspective on the challenges you're facing with help from Lloyds Banking Group staff by taking part in a charity response forum!
These forums are an opportunity to share your most pressing organisational concerns and challenges with a panel of Lloyds Banking Group employees. The forums will give you the headspace to test your thinking and generate different approaches and ideas with our partners at Lloyds Banking Group, who bring a range of experience, skills and perspectives (beyond finance!). The forum will be exclusively for your charity, so you will have the full attention of the employees from Lloyds Banking Group who volunteer to take part.
Forums take place online and last 2.5 hours; you'll have a Forum Facilitator to guide you through the process, and they'll also share notes with you after your session.
How the forums work, and what's the commitment:
- Complete the registration form https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/halifaxni by 24 February, where you'll be asked for some details about your organisation and your availability across April & May (10 minutes)
- Attend a prep call with a Forum Facilitator. The facilitator will share with you what to expect so that you can get the most out of the experience (20 minutes)
- Complete a short document (we call it the canvas) to share the challenges you wish to discuss with the panel (30 minutes)
- The forum itself. You'll be joined by a Forum Facilitator and a small group of employees (approx. 6-10) from Lloyds Banking Group (2.5 hours)
- After the forum. You'll be sent the notes from the forum, and you will have received a comprehensive range of input, ideas and support from the panel members to draw on as you seek to address your concerns or challenges.
- Feedback. We'll ask you to share some feedback about the forum via a short online survey (10 minutes)
How to sign up
Follow this link to register for a forum https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/halifaxni
You have until 24 February to register to take part
Who should attend from your organisation?
They'll be space for two individuals from your organisation. We'd recommend that at least one representative is a senior staff member or a trustee.
What challenges could you bring to the forum?
- The impact of the cost of the living crisis on your organisation. Perhaps you've seen an increasing demand which you're trying to manage.
- Changes to the challenges your service users are facing. How is your organisation adapting to these needs?
- Supporting your team through challenging times. What effect is this having on your people, both volunteers and staff.
- Maintaining good relationships, networking and managing stakeholders.
How have previous participants benefitted from attending a forum?
- “The forum was an excellent experience…there was time to explore a number of different plans and to use the session as a sounding board for planning and an opportunity to reflect on ideas. It helped make a lot of plans a lot clearer, and the follow up information was invaluable in taking our plans forward to implementation. A really amazing experience!” Conwy Mind
- “The space gave me as the CEO, an opportunity to reflect… Definite changes will be incorporated into our strategic plan in particular in relation to marketing, recruitment of volunteers and corporate fundraising” The Gatehouse
- “the forum allowed space for me to sit and get positive ideas/feedback for the charity. Taking time out to listen to others that were not involved in the day to day running allowing them to ask questions gave me the opportunity to look at ways of working some we already were aware other were new that could expand the charity over the coming year.” Amazing Grace Spaces
