Governance round-up: August 2023

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Serious incident with the Scouts

The Scouts filed a Serious Incident Report (SIR) with the Charity Commission last week after they chose to relocate their attendees from the World Scout Jamboree.

The charity will take more than £1m from its reserves to cover the cost of the move. Their chief executive, Matt Hyde, said this will impact their work for the next 3-5 years.

Reporting on disability pay gaps

New Civil Society research shows that only 4% of large charities are reporting on their disability pay gaps.

The results are positive for those who do report, with the average pay gap falling well below the national average.

Reporting your disability pay gap is voluntary, unlike reporting on gender pay gaps. All boards should consider reporting on the disability pay gap to help tackle the lack of diversity in our sector

Bespoke training

We’re seeing a lot of interest from organisations who’d like to run our safeguarding and trustee training in-house.

When we deliver a bespoke in-house training course we can:

• tailor the course content to meet your needs
• reflect your policies
• provide opportunities for your staff and trustees to discuss challenges and issues.

We’ve had some excellent feedback.

If you’d like to discuss delivering any of our training courses in-house please contact training@ncvo.org.uk or complete our online training contact form.

Online governance training

We run regular online trustee inductions and refresher courses over two half-days. We’re also offering brand new courses on the following areas.

• Fundraising responsibilities for trustees
• Safeguarding essentials for trustees
• Supporting good governance

Browse our upcoming governance training

eLearning induction for trustees

We offer an eLearning module for trustees.

This course gives trustees a low-cost introduction to their roles.

Member events

We hold regular member assembly and welcome events.