Using PQASSO to improve your governance
28 November 2017
PQASSO has good governance at its core. Quality area 1: Governance, sets the standard for an effective Board and well informed trustees who are meeting all of their legal and regulatory requirements.
Ignoring governance or being ignorant of governance responsibilities can cause your organisation a number of problems including operating with unnecessary risk, lack of transparency and even operating illegally. Using PQASSO gives your organisation a framework within which to review and improve your governance, but you also need to understand your own requirements and responsibilities.
• Read and review your charitable objects (at the top of your governing document), and make sure that all the work you are delivering is still within these.
• Read carefully all rules in your governing document, and make sure you implement them in practice – from electing and resigning trustees, to quorums, eligibility for trusteeship, sub-committees, roles of officers, and so on.
• Make sure all proceedings – meetings, decisions, conflicts, etc – are undertaken in a transparent way.
If you would like to find out more about how PQASSO can help with your governance or any other area of your organisation, please email enquiries@vaorkney.org.uk