Eastside People is delighted to announce that the Festival of Trusteeship will return for a second year under its management following the huge success of their inaugural 2025 event which was attended by over 1,600 trustees, charity leaders and sector experts.
The UK’s largest gathering for trustees is now confirmed to take place from 9th to 13th November 2026 in conjunction with Trustees Week. The 2026 programme will once again provide a week-long series of low cost and free online events, workshops and discussions. Building on last year’s themes, the event will offer practical, accessible learning for trustees and aspiring trustees across all levels of experience.
Super Early Bird Weekly Pass and Bring your Board tickets now available!
Festival of Trusteeship Ticket Types:
- Super Early Bird Weekly Pass £21.00. Sales end on 31 Aug 2026. Grab your Super Early Bird Weekly Festival Pass and save £9 on a full price weekly pass! This pass gives you full access to all events across the week – the best value way to experience the entire Festival.
- Bring your Board: small charities £120.00. Sales end on 13 Nov 2026. This ticket is for small charities (up to £500,000 annual income) which want to make the Festival available for their whole board. You will get a weekly pass for all of your trustees.
- Bring your Board: medium-large charities £200.00. Sales end on 13 Nov 2026. This ticket is for medium-large charities (over £500,000 annual income) which want to make the Festival available for their whole board. You will get a weekly pass for all of your trustees.
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2026 event partners and sponsors
Working with a range of sponsors and partners enables Festival tickets to be offered at the lowest possible cost (with free sessions for aspiring trustees). The 2026 Festival sees the return of The Institute of Leadership as headline sponsor. The involvement of this global professional body with its community of over 50,000 leaders and managers dedicated to inspiring great leadership will bring insights and trends from a cross-sector perspective to the Festival, enabling further tailoring of the agenda to help Trustees feel more confident leading in increasingly complex and challenging environments.
Our other co-headline sponsor is Ecclesiastical, who we are delighted to have return as a sponsor following their years of support for the Festival of Trusteeship. Ecclesiastical offers specialist insurance built to protect your charity, your people, and the vital services you provide. They are part of the Benefact Group.
Civil Society Media a new partner for 2026, is the UK’s only independent media company dedicated solely to supporting the charity sector. They deliver essential information, expert analysis and thought leadership through high-quality printed and digital publications plus online charity training courses covering a breadth of governance, finance and legal topics.
The Chartered Governance Institute will sponsor our Thought Leadership strand, bringing the latest thinking on charity governance. The Institute is the only globally recognised chartered professional body for governance professionals.
Evelyn Partners will sponsor the Festival’s new Money Matters strand, focusing on what trustees need to know about finance and fundraising. Evelyn Partners’ experienced investment managers help trustees and charity executives make informed, mission-driven decisions that strengthen your charity’s future
Stone King LLP, a specialist law firm working extensively with charities, social enterprises and education bodies, brings deep expertise in charity law, governance, constitutional matters, safeguarding and regulatory compliance. Stone King will particularly support the Good Governance stream that has sessions addressing trustees’ legal responsibilities and the practical realities of good governance.
In addition, we’d like to say thank you to our sector partners. These organisations support trustees (and people who work with trustees) all year-round: ACEVO, the Association of Chairs. Board Racial Diversity UK, the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Bayes Business School, Fair Collective, the, ICAEW and the Young Trustees Movement.
Read the Festival of Trusteeship 2026 Press Release
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