Training and events
Lived Experience Leadership Programme
Outcome-Based Accountability (OBA) Training
Winter Receptions
Lived Experience Leadership Programme
The programme pilot started in September 2023 and concluded in June 2024. The purpose of the programme was to build confidence, develop knowledge and share good practice of engaging with lived experience. The six sessions run in 2024 covered: co-production; peer support; lived experience in governance; volunteering; employment; support, recognition and reward; evaluation; and participatory storytelling. With 20 charity leaders from across the Channel Islands taking part, it also created a support network of peers focused on the topic of lived experience. In December, participating charity leaders re-convened to share the progress they had made in bringing in lived experience to their organisations, as well as sharing the challenges they had faced.
A secondary objective of the programme pilot was to create a suite of resources which could be shared for the benefit of the wider charity sector. We are delighted to present our Lived Experience Resource Pack available on our website here
Finally, an enormous thank you to our speakers from across the UK and the Channel Islands for sharing their approaches and experiences from their own charities and work, and to the participating charity leaders for their commitment to both the programme and to putting lived experience at the heart of their charities.
Outcome-Based Accountability (OBA) Training
In 2024 we continued to co-fund with members of the Jersey Funders Group, OBA Training in Jersey, and we introduced it in Guernsey co-organised and co-funded with Guernsey Community Foundation and the Social Investment Fund. The OBA framework and approach helps charities to measure and report how their charity ‘makes a difference’. It also supports charities to make stronger, evidence-based grant applications and grant reports, and more effectively communicate the impact they are having to other key stakeholders and potential funders/donors. We will continue to support the roll-out of this training to help charities to better present the difference their vital services and support make to our Channel Islands communities.
Winter Receptions
In November, the Foundation held its Winter Receptions in Guernsey and Jersey, now established as key events in the charity sector calendar. Once again, the evenings provided an opportunity to champion the vital work of the charity sector. By bringing together charities that have been funded and supported by the Foundation, with politicians, civil servants, funders, sector stakeholders, and Lloyds Bank colleagues who are actively involved in their community, we were able to celebrate and learn more about the often under-valued contribution of the charity sector. We heard from charity representatives from Freeda in Jersey, Guernsey Bereavement Service and the Youth Commission for Guernsey and Alderney, and two Lloyds Bank colleagues about their experiences as well as the personal and professional benefits of mentoring, volunteering and fundraising for charities.
