Governance and Charity Advice

Practical help is available in the form of:

• drafting and amending governing documents,
• helping organisations get recognised as charities,
• advising on best practice when dealing with governance problems, and
• providing governance training.

In addition, we provide the sector with the most up to date information on charity law reform and provide briefings on the new provisions of the Companies Act.

We also provide secretariat to the Developing Governance Group which has been working on developing a Code of Good Governance for Northern Ireland.

Our services

1. Advice - download specialist advice from our Advice Notes, or contact us by phone, email or minicom.
2. Training – we provide specialist governance and charity advice training sessions for voluntary and community organisations
3. Governance reviews - we provide a governance review service which includes an in depth assessment of the governance of an organisation.
4. Representation - we promote debate and respond to consultations on important issues such as the reform of charity law, company law, water services and rates exemptions.

Other advice available

There are lots of other places you can also look for governance advice.

If you're looking for more information about human resources don't forget about eMentor on CommunityNI.org.

We've also produced Managing Your Money for guidance on financial matters.