Thursday May 23rd, 10.05am-10.55am
In this free webinar for nonprofit organisations, we will discuss:
- Deciding when to take on your first staff member
- Preparing to become an employer
- Managing expectations of board members and volunteers when taking on the first staff member
- Setting boundaries as a nonprofit’s first staff member
Our panel of experts tackling this issue include:
- Donna McGaharan: HR Services Manager with Adare Trusted People Partners (Previously Adare HR Management).
Donna is an experienced Human Resources practitioner advising and supporting a wide variety of organisations across the private, not for profit and public sector. Her role is to provide oversight of the HR Partnership Programme services provided to clients across a wide range of sectors by the team of consultants within Adare Trusted People Partners. - Ciarán Davis: Director of Crohn’s & Colitis Ireland.
Ciarán has been a Director of Crohn’s & Colitis Ireland since 2007 and served as Honorary Secretary from 2011 to 2019. During this period, the organisation expanded from being entirely led by volunteers to employing 2 staff members. - Derek O’Reilly: Training Manager at Carmichael.
Derek has been Training Manager at Carmichael since 2008. Previously, he was employed in an international aid organisation as their first CEO.
There will be a Q&A at the end.
Statement from CEO Diarmaid Ó Corrbuí
I am delighted to be launching Carmichael’s 2023 Annual Report.
The publication of the organisation’s annual report is a very important event. It is the organisation’s accountability statement to its stakeholders, its funders, staff, volunteers, service users, supports, regulators and the wider public.
The 2023 Annual Report sets out our purpose, strategic objectives, services, governance arrangements, our funding sources and what we did with those funds and resources in delivering on our purpose, our objectives and targets set in our strategic plan.
There are a lot of achievements by the Carmichael team in 2023 that I am very proud of. These include;
- Carmichael was home to 44 different nonprofit organisations.
- 3,679 people were supported through our training and support services. In 2023, we expanded our range of training programmes and eLearning modules. We also saw growing demand for our board evaluation and governance review services.
- Our mentoring programme continues to go from strength to strength. In 2023 we had a record number of 53 CEOs and managers of nonprofit organisations that were assigned a mentor under the programme which is delivered free of charge thanks to the pro bono support of our 60+ mentors.
- We provided 189 informal supports/guidance to 871 people from 271 organisations and networks.
- We had 833 meeting room bookings and with the appointment of our new chef, Jeff we have substantially enhanced our catering offer for meetings.
- We had 134 entries and more than 200 people attended our 2023 Good Governance Awards event.
- In partnership with TU Dublin, we were delighted to launch the Certified Charity Trustee programme which we will be running again in 2024.
Like many nonprofits, 2023 was not all plain sailing and we experienced higher staff and operating costs in 2023. The board also made the strategic decision to significantly enhance our communications capacity by creating a new post of Communications Officer. We also had some building issues which meant that some of our meeting rooms and offices we not available. The net effect of these was that we incurred an overall deficit of €78,000 which will be funded from our reserves.
Overall, it was a very strong year for the delivery of our services and meeting our strategic targets, but our expenditure was greater than the income we were earning and received from our statutory funders. Our challenge for 2024 is to continue to grow and expand our services and carefully manage our expenditure to reduce the size of our operating deficit and work to a breakeven position in 2025.
I want to thank the Board of Carmichael for their supportive guidance and governance oversight. A big thank you to the team in Carmichael, our staff and volunteers and all those who support us with the Good Governance Awards and the mentoring programme, our funders and supporters and especially, the thousands of people from the sector that use our services and supports every year.
Diarmaid Ó Corrbuí
CEO
Carmichael
4 North Brunswick Street, Dublin, D07 RHA8
Tel: 01 873 5702
Carmichael and The Wheel’s Training Links Programme
Training Links funds and supports networks of community and voluntary organisations to undertake training together. Applications for funding for Training Links 2024 – 2026 is now open. Closing date is May 17th. Training Networks are invited to apply for grants ranging from €10,000.00 to €50,000.00. There is a total fund of €255,000 available and applications are welcome from new, existing, previously funded networks who have completed their programme or previously unsuccessful networks. See here for more information.
If you are looking for a training partner, Carmichael can develop and deliver customised training on behalf of your network. Please contact derekoreilly@carmichaelireland.ie for further details.
We’ve launched our new interactive quiz for charity trustees to test their knowledge.
It only takes 3 minutes to complete. Find it here.
Share with your fellow trustees and see how you score.
To improve your knowledge consider one of our training courses or eLearning courses.
All Island Conference ‘Collaboration and Transformation’.
Date: February 25th 2025
Location: Draíocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 RYX6
Calling all Community, Voluntary and Social Enterprise representatives across Ireland!
Join us along with Development Trusts NI (DTNI) at our All Island Conference ‘Collaboration and Transformation’ which explores the challenges and opportunities of civic organisations across our island.
🔹 Engage with inspiring speakers
🔹 Network with like-minded visionaries
🔹 Discover innovative opportunities for our communities through our key findings and recommendations
Book your FREE place here to avoid disappointment!
See the line up for the conference here.
This conference is a culmination of the Shared Island Civic Society Fund project that DTNI are delivering with Carmichael, working with representatives from community organisations from across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The project is funded by the Government of Ireland.
Free coaching, mentoring and peer support for leaders in the nonprofit sector.
Carmichael is delighted to announce the relaunch of the Mentoring Programme for 2024.
The programme began in 2013, when our initial panel of 14 pro bono mentors supported 16 nonprofit leaders. We now have more than 50 mentors on our panel and support more than 50 nonprofit leaders per year. Since the programme’s inception, 247 nonprofit leaders from 143 nonprofit organisations have participated.
Interested in mentorship?
The updated programme brings in more structure to the mentoring process and, as well as continuing to provide mentoring and coaching, we are introducing a peer support network for those who complete the programme to continue the benefits of having a sounding board outside of your own organisation. To apply for mentorship, see our website. The next round is open for applicants until February 12th.
Interested in becoming a mentor?
We can only continue to meet this rising demand for mentoring if suitable individuals continue to step forward and volunteer to become mentors.
Are you a current or former leader in a nonprofit? This could mean leading the entire organisation, a department or a team or volunteers.
When you first stepped into that leadership role, could you have benefited from more support?
Knowing what you know now, could you offer some support to someone starting their leadership journey, or facing a new challenge as an experienced leader?
We would love to hear from those with experience in the nonprofit sector who are interested in getting involved. See our website or contact roisin@carmichaelireland.ie for more information.
This programme is kindly sponsored by BHP Insurances.
In collaboration with The Wheel, Carmichael are pleased to announce a new National Training Fund Programme for 2024. The National Training Fund is funded through the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. There is a range of different programmes to support small to medium sized organisations.
NTF Annual Report Support Programme 2024– Fully booked
NTF Impact Management Support 2024– Fully booked
NTF Succession Planning – Online 08/03/2024 or 19/07/2024
NTF Leadership Programme September 2024: Effective Leadership & Management of Teams
NTF Diversity & Inclusion Programme: Embracing Diversity, Encouraging Inclusion-April/May 2024
NTF Leaders, Managers and Management Teams -Fully booked
NTF Enhance Coaching Skills for Greater Collaboration – In-person 05/07/2024-Fully booked
NTF Bullying Complaints – Guidelines for Investigation – 26/07/2024 (In-person workshop)
If you have any questions, feel free to email training@carmichaelireland.ie.
This NTF programmes are aimed at Charities/Community Groups/Voluntary Organisations/Social Enterprises in the Republic of Ireland.
The funding for the provision of these services comes from the National Training Fund administered by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. There is a nominal charge by way of a contribution.
- Governance & Risk
- Finance
- Training, Client Services and Strategy
Candidates should also have a very good understanding of and interest in the nonprofit sector.
Time Commitment
There are currently 12 members on the Board of Carmichael with six due to retire at the upcoming June AGM. As the Board is currently at its maximum number of members (12), the successful candidate for this role will be invited to join a Board committee from March 2024 with the intention of filling a Board vacancy which will be created on the Board in June.
The board meets around 7 times a year. Board meetings are normally held online with at least two meetings per year held in-person in Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7 from 5pm-7pm on a Tuesday.
The new board member would also be required to be a member of one of the Board’s subcommittees. The estimated time commitment of the board member is 8-10 hours per month.
The initial term of office for Carmichael Board members is 3 years, with an opportunity to serve a second 3-year term subject to Board approval.
To apply
Apply as outlined in the role descriptions below before January 14th 2024.
- Board Member (Trustee & Director) with Governance and Risk Experience
- Board Member (Trustee & Director) with Finance Experience
- Board Member (Trustee & Director) with Strategy, Training and Client Services Experience
For more information on these board vacancies or Carmichael, please contact the Services Manager, Róisín McGuigan, at roisin@carmichaelireland.ie.
We will be taking a break over Christmas and the New Year.
We will close on Thursday 21st December and be back open on Tuesday January 2nd 2024.
It will not be possible to book meeting rooms while the centre is closed.
If you need anything from us before then please get in touch.
Carmichael Good Governance Awards Winner 2023
The Good Governance Awards recognises and encourages adherence to good governance by non-profit organisations in Ireland. The awards were developed by Carmichael with the support of our partners and leading national bodies in the non-profit sector.
The winners of the Good Governance Awards 2023 were announced at our Awards Ceremony on Thursday November 17th.
Read the press release here.