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Charity leaders are being offered a valuable leadership and coaching opportunity for free, thanks to 15 bursaries to celebrate 15 years of the Pilo

Key to my role at Pilotlight is learning about the latest and emerging trends in Talent Development, so I can be sure that our programmes continue

I was feeling slightly overwhelmed in my role. Everything I'd learnt about management was on the job and within the organisation. I joined Women's Aid East Midlothian (WAEML) in the days of a collective management structure, so I had always shared the management role and decisions.

Working at a strategic level in the public sector sometimes feels like I’m far removed from “real people”. I volunteered for Pilotlight as part of my Fast Track management development programme that Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership offered me. Coaching and mentoring were part of my personal development plan, and tackling inequalities by developing and building supportive relationships with practical outcomes has always driven and energised me.

Charities and social enterprises, like any other organisation, are subject to constant change and adaptation.

Since 2011 Pilotlight has run a programme with RBS, where teams of the bank’s graduates work with Pilotlight partner charities for six months on a defined project, delivering outputs as diverse as marketing materials and new funding streams.

Attending the recent Pilotlight conference as a relatively long-time Pilotlighter (what the business volunteers who coach and mentor charities are

Speak to any charity director about what keeps them up at night and they will say funding and where it is going to come from.

Setting realistic expectations and thanking business volunteers for their time are two of the key ways to engage business volunteers – and retain t