Governance

There are a number of guides which can help you with governance issues, including:

The Role of the Board of Trustees
DEVELOP Trustees Guide 'What do Trustees do?'
DEVELOP Treasurers Guide 'What do Treasurers do?'
Good Governance: a Code for the Voluntary and Community sector - 2nd Edition
NCVO Trustees & Management Committee National Occupational Standards Toolkit.
Being a Trustee a new guide for people with learning disabilities - produced by the Charity Commission with input from Mencap. It is a guide to help trustees with learning disabilities understand their role.
Trusteeship 2010- an Update for Charity Trustees. looking at what has changed for charity trustees in the UK over the last year. The report provides a mixture of news and views, updating the review of trusteeship, Board matters, published in May 2009.

When you need to recruit new trustees this guide will give you some useful ideas and resources:

Trustee Recruitment Resources

Good Practice in Trustee Recruitment Toolkit - Hard file copy £15 or download from
www.trusteenet.org.uk/resources/trustee-recruitment-toolkit

www.getonboard.org.uk This is a site which is designed for people who are interested in becoming trustees. It provides information and signposts them to their local Volunteer Centre.

www.do-it.org.uk For volunteers and volunteer opportunities

www.vol-centre.org.uk B&NES Volunteer Centre

www.trusteenet.org.uk this website offers a trusteefinder service and provides other useful information for you as a trustee.

www.sgoss.org.uk/freshfaces a campaign to recruit younger people as school governors. Some useful ideas and approaches.

Charity Commission publication: Finding New Trustees- what charities need to know (including CRB checks)
www.charitycommission.gov.uk and type CC30 into the search box