The Governance Pack
The Governance Pack is a complete set of governance documents specifically designed for housing associations and charities. Its implementation results in significant immediate improvement of compliance with mandatory legal and regulatory requirements. All documents are adapted to the requirements of each client, and once implemented they will set the building blocks of good governance practice for years to come.
We offer a free support line to help our clients with the adoption of the documents during the implementation period.
The Governance Pack is made up of two sets of documents, which can be adopted together or independently of each other.
Governance Pack for Housing Associations
Mandatory Governance Documents for Housing Associations
Includes the following documents:
Terms of Reference for the organisation’s main Board and Committees;
Assessment of compliance against the requirements of the NHF Code of Governance 2020 and an action plan for achieving full compliance where necessary;
Assessment of compliance against the Governance and Financial Viability Standard;
Whole Board and Committee appraisal questionnaire, planning and delivery of the appraisal process and report to Board of appraisal outcomes;
Individual Board and Committee Members Appraisal questionnaires including Chair appraisal questionnaire;
Skills Matrix and skills assessment of board and committee members and report to board on outcomes;
Role Description, Person Specification and Services Agreement for Board and Committee Members, Chair/Deputy Chair of the Board and Committee Chair;
Declaration of Interest template for Board and Committee Members;
Declaration of Interest template for staff;
Statement of the Directors in line with s 172(1) Companies Act 2006.
Other Governance Documents for Housing Associations
Includes the following documents:
Board and Committee Forward Plan
Templates for Board Agendas, Minutes, Matters Arising and Reports;
Board Pack Review (agendas, reports and minutes) and feedback report (to include 3 sets of papers)
Board member induction toolkit;
Board or a Committee observation and report on findings;
Development of compliance calendar;
Annual board training programme template.
Governance Pack for Charities
Mandatory governance documents
Includes the following documents:
Terms of Reference for the Charity’s main Board of Trustees and Committees;
Assessment of compliance against the requirements of the Charity's adopted Code of Governance and an action plan for achieving full compliance where necessary;
Statement on compliance with the Charity's adopted Code of Governance for inclusion in the annual report;
Whole Board and Committee effectiveness review, planning and delivery of the appraisal process and report to Board on the outcomes;
Individual Trustee Appraisal questionnaires, including Chair appraisal;
Skills matrix and skills assessment of Trustees and report to Board on the outcomes;
Role Description, Person Specification and Services Agreement for Trustees and Committee Members, Chair/Deputy Chair of the Board and Committee Chair;
Declaration of Interest template for trustees;
Declaration of Interest template for staff;
Policies and procedures for the recruitment, induction and training of Trustees;
Code of Conduct for Trustees;
Statement of the Directors in line with s 172(1) Companies Act 2006.
Other required governance documents:
Includes the following documents:
Trustee appointment process in line with the Charity’s constitution, including drafts of all relevant resolutions;
Board and Committees Forward Plans;
Templates for Board Agendas, Minutes, Matters Arising and Reports;
Board Pack Review (agendas, reports and minutes) and feedback report to Board;
Trustees’ induction toolkit;
Board and Committee meeting observations and feedback report to Board;
Development of compliance calendar;
Annual Trustee training programme template.