Ruth Sutherland, chief executive, and Andrew Ketteringham, chair of trustees, at Relate describe how the national charity worked in partnership with local Relate charities to transform the governance of the national body.

Relate is the UK’s leading relationships charity, so we were both delighted to join in 2012. Soon after, we began an assessment of the organisation. Our challenge was to build on the solid platform of Relate’s proud 75-year history to design and deliver a corporate strategy which shored up the charity for the next 75 years.