SPEAKERS:
EMMA HERBERT, SENIOR CONSULTANT, NCVO
ANNE MOYNIHAN, SENIOR CONSULTANT, NCVO
P9: EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE USING THE GOVERNANCE WHEEL
An overview of the Code of Good Governance and what good governance looks like
An introduction to NCVO’s Governance Wheel An opportunity to use the Wheel to start to review your
organisation’s governance An opportunity to start thinking about how to create an action
plan for improvement Signposting to support
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PURPOSE OF THE SESSION
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Who has reviewed their organisation’s governance?
Who has heard of the Code of Good Governance?
Has anyone heard of the Governance Wheel?
Best practice is that a charity periodically reviews it governance. This can include a review of:• Systems and processes• Performance of trustees and the board• Delegated authority• Risks• Outcomes and impact
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REVIEWING YOUR GOVERNANCE: WHAT?
• To make sure nothing is lost• To keep the board and charity on track• To improve the performance of the board and the charity• To ensure you are working effectively towards achieving your
charitable objects
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REVIEWING YOUR GOVERNANCE: WHY?
• The Code is a statement of best practice in the governance of voluntary and community organisations
• Drafted by the sector, for the sector • Six key principles against which an organisation can review its
governance• The Governance Wheel is a tool, based on the Code, which is
designed to assist boards with the review process
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CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE GOVERNANCE WHEEL
Level one if the main text level
Level two is used for subtitles• Level three is the first level of bullets
• Level four is the second level of bullets• Level five is the third level of the bullets
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• Discussion and diagnostic tool• Takes each of the six Code principles in turn• Indicates the questions a board must ask itself in relation to each• Board makes an assessment based on the description of the journey
of change (full board consensus)• From this strengths and areas for improvement can be identified
and an action plan for improvement devised• Assessment should be repeated periodically and results compared –
why do they differ?
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GOVERNANCE WHEEL: HOW IT WORKS
Use the Governance Wheel to begin to review your organisation’s governance and ask the right questions:• Agree on confidentiality – it’s important to be as truthful as
possible• Spend a couple of minutes introducing your Board/Governance
arrangements to your partner• Work through one or more of the principles and mark where each
of you think your Board is on the journey of change
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EXERCISE: DISCUSSION AND ASSESSMENT
Use the Governance Wheel to start to devise an action plan for improvement
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EXERCISE: ACTION PLANNING
• NCVO www.ncvo.org.uk
• NCVO consultancy www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/consultancy
• Good Governance: A Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector www.governancecode.org – website includes a number of other tools and resources to assist an organisation with the review process
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