Charity governance
Governance
“The process by which a group of people make decisions that direct their collective efforts”
The other notable feature of governance is that usually this role is delegated to a representative group “the committee”.
There must therefore be some communication between the wider group and the committee. The wider group may be strictly defined as members or they may be a more vaguely defined group often termed ‘the stakeholders’.?Governance simply describes the way you govern (or rule, or to put it more diplomatically – control and direct). In this case we’re talking about an organisation that is voluntary or with a social purpose, and generally not for profit. But there are parallels to the governance of any enterprise – even for profit ones and of course there are distant parallels with the governance of states. It can be helpful to break governance down into 4 areas
- the committee members themselves?,
- how the committee is structured?,
- how the various structures link together,?
- the tasks and roles that are fulfilled.
