What makes a good board? What makes a bad one? Where's the line between the executive and the trustees? Join host Kirsty Lang and guests Clare Connor, Moira Sinclair and Gurvinder Sandher as they discuss boards and how to demonstrate good leadership and governance in arts and culture. January 2020.
What makes a good board? What makes a bad one? Where's the line between the executive and the trustees? Join host Kirsty Lang and guests Clare Connor, Moira Sinclair and Gurvinder Sandher as they discuss boards and how to demonstrate good leadership and governance in arts and culture. January 2020
In this highlight from her keynote at Governance Now 2019, Eilish McGuinness speaks about the need for ongoing governance review and what her organisation, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, are doing in terms of transparency and accountability. Published: November 2019.
Governance Now 2018 Keynote speech
Governance Now 2019 Lightning Talk on modernising governance structures to make a Board fit for purpose.
A guide to applying the principles of the Charity Governance Code, specially adapted for the smallest organisations.
This toolkit provides advice on how to develop and maintain a constructive and effective Board for your arts organisation. Published: February 2019.
This resource is aimed at supporting charities to ensure the proper procedures and policies are in place to manage the charity’s resources effectively and, where appropriate, to make changes to their charity. Published: 2014.
This governance health check is a self-assessment tool which has also been devised by the Developing Governance Group as a practical resource to assist committees/boards to work towards adhering to the principles of the Code of Good Governance by the same author. It should help committees/boards of any size to demonstrate their good governance practices to their stakeholders, beneficiaries and funders alike. Published: 29 January 2016.
The DIY Committee Guide provides a central point of access to a wide range of practical, user-friendly resources on governance. It also provides clear support for groups implementing the Code of Good Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sector.
