15/10/2026
With Trustees’ Week taking place from 9–13 November 2026, it’s a useful time to pause and think about how your trustee arrangements are working.
Charity trustees are the people who serve on the governing body of a charity. Depending on the structure of your organisation, they may also be called committee members or directors.
Trustees can bring many different skills, knowledge and experience to a board. A strong board benefits from a variety of motivated people who share a common interest in the organisation, its work and its success.
Trustees have an important role in making sure a charity is well run. Their responsibilities include acting in the charity’s best interests, meeting legal and regulatory requirements, managing finances responsibly, considering risk and safeguarding, helping set the organisation’s direction and making sure it is accountable to the people it serves.
The E-Portal has free self-assessments to help trustees and organisations reflect on how things are currently working.
Our Trustee Self Assessment can help individual trustees think about their role and responsibilities.
Our Organisational Governance Self Assessment can be used by employees or trustees to review their organisation’s approach to governance.
The self-assessments can help you:
Your answers are private – the E-Portal does not collect or store your responses.
Take the Trustee Self Assessment
Take the Organisational Governance Self Assessment
Your self-assessment results can help highlight areas to discuss as a board and signpost you to relevant E-Portal guidance and trusted resources.
You can also explore our trustee roles and responsibilities guidance if you want to refresh your understanding of what being a trustee involves.
Trustees’ Week is a useful opportunity to take stock – but reviewing how your board is working can be useful at any time of year.
If you have any questions or queries about the e-portal or our AI you can contact us on hello@e-portal-essex.co.uk.
