In partnership with Islington Council’s Black History Month programme and our continued commitment to BAME Equality, BIG Alliance Programme Manager Tom Browne chaired our first panel discussion on board diversity and more specifically the barriers and opportunities to increasing BAME (black and minority ethnic) representation.

Following February’s biggest trustee recruitment event to date, we are proud to announce that we helped over 30 employees from 16 of our member businesses become trustees of the 16 charities that were part of BIG Alliance/ELBA's BoardMatch6 programme. Below we hear from Katy Porter, CEO of Manor Gardens Welfare Trust, who describes the timeliness, effectiveness, and importance of the BoardMatch programme, at a time when reports suggest trustee recruitment continues to be a significant challenge in the charity sector.

Hosted for the first time in Islington by the BIG Alliance, Tuesday 26th February marked the sixth edition of the East London Business Alliance’s (ELBA) BoardMatch event, receiving our biggest attendance to date.