Information and Induction for Voluntary Management Committees
An overview of what a management committee needs to know about its own organisation.
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Roles and Responsibilities of Voluntary Management Committees
A general overview of the main roles and responsibilities of committee members including the need for leadership and effective legally compliant operation, the importance of 'trust' and where to get help.
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Make Up of Voluntary Management Committees
This page highlights the skills and arrangements needed to help make a committee effective including optimum numbers, quora, voting and representativeness.
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Payment of Voluntary Management Committee Members
This page outlines the principle of non-payment of committee members, accepted exceptions, possible consequences of payment, and what is permissible as opposed to what is best practice.
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Effective Meetings
This page covers the need to make decisions, agenda setting and items, the progression of a meeting, 'matters arising', timing, clarity and the need for readable succinct minutes.
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The Role of Chair/Convener
Information about the specific role of the chair/convenor.
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The Role of the Secretary
The specific role of the secretary including arranging committee meetings, correspondence, preparing agendas, taking minutes and providing papers. Includes the status of the 'company secretary' in relation to that organisation's board.
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The Role of the Treasurer
The specific role of the treasurer including the degree of responsibility for funds, oversight and control of finances, record keeping, advice to committee and reporting.
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Setting up a voluntary organisation in six steps
A step by step guide to setting up a new voluntary organisation.
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Legal Bars to Voluntary Management
A summary of what type of person is disqualfied from 'management or control' of a charity, spent convictions, the concept of a waiver and where to apply to get a waiver.
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Training for Voluntary Management Committees
This page covers: judging the capacity of the organisation and the need for training, the importance of training and types of training available.
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Voluntary Management Committee Relationship with Staff
Introduces the concept of a clear split between the responsibilities of committee members and those of staff and why such a split is important to the good governance and effective operation of an organisation.
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Accountability
An overview of who voluntary organisations are accountable to, including funders, members, beneficiaries and sets out what information the organisation is obliged by law to provide to the public on request.
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Annual General Meetings and Elections
This page sets out the importance of AGMs and elections including the opportunity for assessing the position of the organisation, the performance of the committee and general scrutiny by members.
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Financial Risk and Voluntary Management
An introduction to the main areas of financial risk for voluntary management committees and actions for minimising these.
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