Understanding boards and governance – for people with intellectual disability (accessible)
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Side by Side Advocacy
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Course Overview
Welcome to Understanding Boards and Governance.
This training is about governance. Governance is the work boards do, and how they make sure organisations run well.
It is written in Easy Read and plain English. It is written to help people with intellectual disability understand how boards work. It may also help anyone who finds reading English hard.
It is good to ask someone to support you to do this training. They can help you understand the information. You can also talk to them about it.
This training might help you to decide if being a board member is right for you.
You can always come back and do the training again to help you remember what you learn.
What You'll Learn?
- What governance means
- How an organisation is run
- What a board member does
- How board meetings work
- How to check that organization is managing their money
- About rules and laws that organisations have to follow
- About risk, how to prepare for risk and what could go wrong
- About your rights as a board member
Course Content
- Module 1 - Understanding governance
- Module 2 - Role and responsibilities
- Module 3 - How Board meetings work
- Module 4 - Financial responsibilities in detail
- Module 5 - Legal responsibilities in detail
- Module 6 - Risk Management
- Module 7 - Your Rights as a Board Member
- Module 8 - Things to think about before going on a Board