It was hosted by the Lloyds Bank Foundation at its Esplanade premises last month. Its Chair and Executive Director, Katie Le Quesne and Jo Le Poidevin, both took part in the course.
Other funding bodies involved included the Ann Alice Raynor Charitable Fund, the Association of Jersey Charities, the Greville Bathe Charitable Fund, the Roy Overland Charitable Trust, Jersey Overseas Aid, the One Foundation, and the Sir James Knott Trust.
Pictured: Jo Le Poidevin, Lloyds Bank Foundation Executive Director, took part in the course.
Anthony Dessain of the Roy Overland Charitable Trust described the day as “helpful and reassuring.”
“It was a good initiative for Lloyds Bank Foundation to take and to co-ordinate a number of charities,” he said.
The initiative follows the foundation’s drive to collaborate with other funders in a bid to secure success for everyone – a message driven forward in a speech by Sir Tony Hawkhead given at a Lloyds seminar last year.
In that spirit, major funders across both islands now meet on a regular basis to discuss actions that can be taken to better serve the charitable organisations that they support and, in turn, improve the lives of people and communities. One new approach which has been piloted is co-funding from different grant-giving bodies in order to better support charities asking for large sums of money.
Speaking about the recent NCVO training, Jo Le Poidevin said that measuring the impact of funding in an “accurate and efficient manner” is something beneficial to all funders.
“Between all of the funding bodies we meet with, we grant millions of pounds to local charities and organisations annually. It is so important to be able to measure the impact and success of that funding and how it affects the local community so we can better support them.”
She continued: “Next year we will be hosting another NCVO training session in Guernsey and an additional one specifically for local charities to support them in the monitoring and reporting of their work.”
