Governance Code
Principle 1. Leading our organisation. We do this by:
We commit to reviewing our organisational practice against the recommended actions for each
Principle 1. Leading our organisation. We do this by:
- Agreeing our vision, purpose and values and making sure that they remain relevant.
- Developing, resourcing, monitoring and evaluating a plan to make sure that our organisation achieves its stated purpose.
- Managing, supporting and holding to account staff, volunteers and all who act on behalf of the organisation.
- Identifying and complying with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- making sure there are appropriate internal finacial and management controls.
- Identifying major risks for our organisation and deciding ways of managing the risks.
- Identifying those who have legitimate interest in the work of our organisation (stakeholders) and making sure there is regular and active communication with them about our organisation.
- Responding to stakeholders' questions or views about the work of our organisation and how we can run it.
- Encouraging and enabling the engagement of those who benefit from our organisation in the planning and decision-making of the organisation.
- Making sure that our governing body, individual board members, committees, staff and volunteers understand their: role, legal duties, and delegated responsibility for decision-making.
- Making sure that as a board we exercise our collective responsibility through board meetings that are efficient and effective.
- Making sure that there is suitable board recruitment, development and retirement processes in place.
- Being honest, fair and independent.
- Understanding, declaring and managing conflicts of interest and conflicts of loyalties.
- Protecting and promoting our organisation's reputation.
We commit to reviewing our organisational practice against the recommended actions for each
Public Statement of Compliance
