How to approach Risk Management for Charities & Voluntary Groups

In this session, Tim Larden from Access Insurance will go through the basics of risk management and insurance for charities & community groups, explaining how to approach a risk register and the role insurance plays in managing risk. We’ll draw upon common examples, including trustee risks, that charities will need to think about.

We’ll explore:

How to assess risk and who should do it

The role of risk registers & of insurance

Common charity & voluntary group risks

Your questions

Speaker/Access bio:

Tim Larden is a Director at Access Insurance. He has 25+ years experience in the insurance sector, with 20 years specialising in the charity sector. In 2015 he took up the running of charity-specialists Ladbrook Insurance, which was acquired by Access Insurance in 2025.

Access is an ethically driven, Chartered Insurance Broker that services over 18,000 charity and not-for-profit organisations. Access Insurance is part of the Benefact Group, a family of financial service businesses with deep charity expertise in insurance, broking and investment management. The Group gives all available profits to charity, including over £1m annually through a Movement for Good, and is owned by a charitable trust.