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  • FAQ 1-8
    • 1. What is Governance?
    • 2. Who are the committee members?
    • 3. What is the role of the committee?
    • 4. The committee’s role in governance
    • 5. Qualifications
    • 6. Qualities
    • 7. Skills Audits
    • 8. Who should we get on the committee?
  • FAQ 9-16
    • 9. The different perspectives of committee members
    • 10. Recruiting committee members
    • 11. How do you become a committee member?
    • 12. Starting on the committee – induction and commitments
    • 13. What are the specific roles on the committee?
    • 14. User Involvement and Participation on Committees
    • 15. Councillors on the Committee
    • 16. Codes of Governance
  • FAQ 17-24
    • 17. Names for the committee
    • 18. Ex-officio, holding, custodian, co-opted
    • 19. Advisory committees and steering committees
    • 20. Collective decision making and confusion about membership of the committee
    • 21. Payments
    • 22. Constitutions
    • 23. Sub committees
    • 24. Users
  • FAQ 25-32
    • 25. Conflict of Interest
    • 26. Members
    • 27. Meetings
    • 28. AGMs
    • 29. Assessing the committee’s performance
    • 30. Patrons
    • 31. Reporting Serious Incidents
    • 32. Valuing Trustees
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  • Finding New Committee Members
  • Joining a Committee
  • User Involvement
  • Involving Young People
  • Dealing with Crisis
• Sample Documents
  • Job/Role Descriptions
    • Template Role Description
    • Completed MC Job Descripton
    • Job Description for a Chair
    • Job Description for a Secretary
    • Job Description for a Treasurer
  • Recruitment Documents
    • Can anyone be a trustee?
    • Can anyone be a company director?
    • Standard Declaration (new appointments) – Charity Commission
    • Appointment of Director Form (for registered companies)
    • Nomination Form (self nomination)
    • Nomination Form (nomination by others)
    • Advertisement for a new Management Committee member
    • Welcome Letter
    • Induction Checklist
  • Skills Audit
    • Basic Skills Audit Template
  • Assessing the Committee
    • Management Committee Self-Assessment Survey
  • Trustee Appraisal
  • Conflict of Interest
    • Conflict of Interest – sample 1
    • Conflict of Interest – sample 2
  • Codes of Conduct/Governance Codes
    • Basic Committee Member Code of Conduct
    • Comprehensive Governance Code
    • The ‘9 Qualities’ Trustee* Code of Conduct
    • Governance Code: Learning to Fly
    • National Code of Good Governance
    • National Code of Good Governance 2nd Edition
    • Are You Sitting Comfortably?
    • Student Union Governance Code
    • Sports and Recreation Sector Governance Code
  • Sub Committee Remits
    • Sub Committee Remits – Basic Template
    • Finance Sub Committee
    • Fundraising Sub Committee
    • Executive/ Honorary Officers Sub Committee
    • Personnel Sub Committee
  • Meetings
    • Meeting Check List
    • Yearly Cycle of Meetings Planner 1
    • Yearly Cycle of Meetings Planner 2
  • Organising AGMs
  • Patrons
    • Proposal Letter
    • Agreement Letter
  • Constitutions
    • Simple Constitution
    • Constitutions for Infrastructure Organisations
    • Get Legal Website Constitutions
    • Charity Commission Constitutions
    • Community Interest Companies

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