Governance and Leadership - The Board
Definitions and roles
- What is a board?
- What are the responsibilities of the board?
- How does the board govern?
- The effective board
- Who’s who on the board
- Honorary Officers
- Chair
- Vice-chair
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Patrons and Presidents
- Board, staff and volunteer relationships
- Employment responsibilities and the board
- Volunteer management and the board
- The chief executive and the board
Financial management
- Financial management and the board
- Accounting regulations
- Accounting records
- Financial controls
- Investments
- Budgeting
- Financial reports
- Cashflow
- Taxation
- Insolvency
- Reserves
- Property
Roles and responsibilites of the board
- Delegation
- Delegation to sub committees
- Policies and procedures
- Delegation to staff and volunteers
- Strategic planning and the board
- Fundraising and the board
- Sustainable funding and the board
- Contracting
- Public service delivery
- Risk management and the board
- Insurance
- Trustee liability insurance
- Data protection
- Monitoring and evaluation and the board
- Quality improvement and the board
- Accountability
- Compliance with the law
- Equality and diversity and the board
- Board succession planning
Composition of a board
- Trustee board size
- Trustee board composition and structure
- Board diversity
- User involvement
- Conflict between trustees
Meetings
- Post to:
Advice and support
- Funding and finance
- Coping with cuts
- Addressing needs
- Strategy
- Impact
- Managing change
- Planning for the future
- Involving people
- Public Service Delivery
- Governance and leadership
- Compact Advocacy programme
- Campaigning and influencing policy
- Collaborative working
- ICT (information and communication technology)
- Climate change
- Infrastructure
- Innovation
- People, HR and employment
