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Policy drafting · Group 01

Board and governance policies

The instruments that decide who may decide. They are drafted from the enabling instrument outwards — the Act, then the MOI or constitution, then the board’s own resolutions — never from a template inwards.

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In this group

6 instruments.

Every page sets out what the instrument does, how it is drafted, and the defect that most often makes it worthless on the day it matters.

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Delegation of Authority framework

States what the board keeps, what it delegates, to whom, and up to what value — so that every decision in the organisation can be traced to an authority that existed…

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Board charter and committee terms of reference

Records how the governing body governs itself: composition, powers, meeting discipline and the division of work between the board and its…

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Conflict of interest and declaration of interests policy

Requires interests to be disclosed before they influence a decision, and governs what happens once they are — the single policy most often asked for by auditors, funders…

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Gifts, hospitality and sponsorship policy

Sets the line between ordinary courtesy and inducement, in a form staff can actually apply at the moment they are offered…

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Remuneration policy

Explains how the organisation pays — and how it decides what it pays — in a form that can be put to a shareholder or a…

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Board evaluation and induction policy

Makes the annual assessment of the governing body a governed process rather than an occasional…

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