Visionary Latest
Welcome to another Visionary weekly briefing. We wanted to start this briefing by saying a big thank-you for the commitment so many of you have shown to sharing and supporting each other. Over the past week you have shared time, template resources, your staff and expertise to allow us to pool knowledge and ideas and connect you all. This is something we want build on over the coming weeks.
We are aware of the volume of information we have been sharing with you over the past two months and that this briefing has been far from brief! We are looking at alternative ways to get information to you but for now, we hope you continue to find this briefing useful.
Enter a team in the Visionary Bank Holiday quiz!
We will be hosting a quiz on 7 May 2020 at 3pm for members. There will be prizes and we will be welcoming Simon Curtis back as quiz master! If you would like to enter a team please email Sarah Cosby.
Advice and support
We can provide immediate advice and support via our Telephone Helpdesk on 020 8090 9264 or email.
Online support sessions
Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 10am
CEO weekly support session
To join, click here or use the dial in details below.
Our regular session for CEOs – no agenda, just an opportunity to share experiences, talk about what is working and find some peer support with what isn’t working so well
Wednesday 6 May at 2pm
‘It’s the Future Jim but not as we know it!’
To join, click here or use the dial in details below.
In response to this ongoing crisis, we have all had to make significant changes to the way we run both our services and our organisations. As we emerge from it all, will it be as simple as just going back to the way things were or will life as we know it have just changed too much?! Hosted by Pete Hoey, CO at Halifax Blind Society, join this session for an open discussion on how to approach strategic planning in the post COVID-19 world.
Monday 11 May at 3pm
Trustee Support Session
To join, click here or use the dial in details below.
A session for Trustees – a safe confidential space to seek advice, share experiences, challenges and learning from the current crisis. We will discuss how trustees can best support CEOs/Leaders at this time and what trustee priorities should be along with sharing key legal and regulatory updates. Please share these details with Trustees and encourage them to join us.
Tuesday 12 May at 2pm
Small Societies follow up session
To join click here or dial in on 0800 389 5276 (access code 389-706-965)
This session is aimed at small sight loss societies and is a follow up from the session held last week. New attendees are very welcome!
To join any sessions by phone (apart from Small Charities session – see specific joining details above) call:
(Toll Free): 0800 169 0432
Access Code: 780-863-517
Cancellation – Visionary Connect Events
We are sorry to confirm that this week we have made the decision to cancel the Visionary Connect online events in May. We have heard from many of you that giving up a large chunk of time and with so many staff still furloughed means the format of the events proposed would not be ideal for you.
We have therefore rethought and instead of holding these full day events, will enhance our existing online support sessions. We will still be engaging some external speakers and developing sessions on the themes of Fundraising and ‘Steering a New Path’. These will still be open to both CEOs and your wider teams but will instead be run as one hour interactive sessions and be free of charge.
Details of all upcoming sessions are above and we will continue to share details of new sessions in this briefing and on our website. |