Content

Boards

• What is governance?
• What is a Management Committee or Board?
• Getting The Best From The Board - Relationships
• Good Board Meetings
• Making Decisions
• Delegation Schemes
• Conflicts of Interest
• Code of Conduct
• Managing Disagreements
• Chair & Chief Officer (CEO) Relationship
• Outlining the Board's strategic and Senior Staff's Operational Relationship
• Board Skills Audit
• When Things Go Wrong on the Board

Getting started

• What is a constitution?
• Types of Constitutional Models
• Opening a Bank Account
• Registering as a Charity

Operations

• Employing Staff
• Employment Challenges
• Safeguarding
• Trading
• Information Governance
• Health and Safety
• Handling Complaints

Charity Trustees

• Induction of Charity Trustees
• Duties of Charity Trustees
• Charity Trustee Disqualification
• The Role of Chair
• The Role of the Treasurer
• The Role of the Secretary

Legal structures

• Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
• What is an Unincorporated Association?
• Company Limited by Guarantee
• Community Benefit Society

CICs

• What is a Community Interest Company?
• Types of Community Interest Company (CIC)
• Tax-Efficient Structuring for CICs in Scotland
• Registering a Community Interest Company (CIC) in Scotland
• CICs as a Trading Arm for a Charity
• Annual Reporting Requirements for a CIC in Scotland

Companies

• Company Directors' Legal Duties
• Director Identity Verification
• A Company Limited by Guarantee operating as a Social Enterprise in Scotland

Finance

• Financial Responsibilities of Charity Trustees
• Financial Governance
• Connected Charities

Funding

• Funding
• Fundraising events and lotteries
• Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA)
• Procurement Terminology
• Subsidy Control
• Working Well With Funders

Additional Governance Considerations (A-Z)

• Cyber Security and Resilience
• Dispute Resolution
• Evaluation
• Founder's Syndrome
• Martyn's Law
• Mission Creep
• Quality Management and Improvement
• Risk Management
• Risk Register
• Whistleblowing

Short Descriptors

• TSI Scotland Network
• Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
• Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW)
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
• Glossary