Good Governance
Governance is about leadership and ensuring that an organisation is properly run. Click here to download.
Legal Structures
When an organisation is formally established it will adopt a governing document or set of rules This governing document is the legal document which represents the rules for the way your organisation will operate. Click here to download.
Charitable Status
Is charitable status the right way for your group? There are different forms of charity and ruless that are common to all charities. Click here to download.
Roles & Responsibilities of Management Committees and Trustees
Voluntary and community organisations have a committee that is responsible for carrying out the day-to-day running and the steering of the organisation as its governing body. Management Committee Members & Trustees have overall responsibility for meeting the organisation’s legal duties, ensuring it is properly managed, and for promoting good practice in all its activities. Click here to download.
Policies and Procedures
A clear, appropriate set of policies and procedures will help ensure that your organisation is well run. Policies and procedures set out how a community organisation should be run; one of the most important ways a management committee can oversee the delegation of its work is via written policies and procedures. Click here to download.
Financial Management
No matter how new or how small your community group is, you will need to be financially accountable to your members and any funders or donors. Click here to download.
Who can be a Trustee?
Not every community group needs Trustees – but every Charity does. Trustees have overall control of a charity and are responsible for making sure it’s doing what it was set up to do. There are certain legal requirements governing who can and who can’t be a trustee. Click here to download.
30 tips for finding and recruiting the best new trustees
It’s like recruiting a key member of staff for a business. Good trustees will have skills that bring something extra to the management and strategy of your organisation. Click here to download.
The Charity Governance Code
The Charity Governance Code is essential reading for all officers and trustees. It is the benchmark for effective governance of any charity. Click here to download.
Business Continuity Management
Business Continuity Management (BCM) is an important component of good charity governance. Charities should have a process in place to identify risks to their continued operation and plan how to respond. Click here to download.
Collaboration and Mergers
Collaborative working describes joint working by two or more organisations to better fulfil their purposes, while remaining as separate organisations. Collaboration can also result in merger when two organisations see the need to combine as one. Click here to download.