{"id":204,"date":"2016-02-02T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/?p=204"},"modified":"2016-02-02T13:59:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:59:46","slug":"why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Woman<\/a><\/p>\n

Professor John Diamond (Director of the University\u2019s I4P) comments on the report on Kids Company by a Parliamentary investigation:<\/p>\n

The details of the collapse of the charity Kids Company are likely to be subject to much debate and criticism. The\u00a0likely negative impact on the lives of those young people who relied on the support of staff who worked for Kids Company cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n

The media fascination with the charity and the willingness of most senior political leaders to look for a photo opportunity with its founder and many of its users probably did no one any favours in the long term.<\/p>\n

One of the key learning points in the report which is being discussed today is the role of the trustees. A really central element in keeping charities going is the role of the trustees. They have the responsibility to exercise oversight and keep an eye on the financial health of the organisation. Both require close engagement with the work of the charity and both require trustees to take their roles seriously. And it appears too as if the chair of the Kids Company trustees had been in that role for over 15 years. As a small sign of good practice you would want the chair of the board to change and certainly serve not more than 5 or 6 years.<\/p>\n

Declaration of interest: I am chair of a small national charity and we have term limits for our chair and I will be finishing this November after 3 years in the role. Fixed term limits requires trustees to think of succession planning and making changes. Trustees (whilst needing support and training) can become over connected with the charity and of course you want them to be advocates and proud supporters, but they as well to be the critical voice or the questioning voice ensuring that the aims and values of the charity are being met. And with charities that are set up and led by strong\u00a0and very committed personalities it is important to have a strong set of trustees too. They are there to protect the charity for as long as they feel able.<\/p>\n

Getting the governance and accountability processes right is about protecting those that depend on it too. Sadly it looks as if Kids Company is going to be a case study in the failure of governance rather than in a celebration of what can be achieved by the charity and not for profit sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professor John Diamond (Director of the University\u2019s I4P) comments on the report on Kids Company by a Parliamentary investigation: The details of the collapse of the charity Kids Company are likely to be subject to much debate and criticism. The\u00a0likely negative impact on the lives of those young people who relied on the support of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12096,126],"tags":[845,32354],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","category-media","tag-charity","tag-government"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor John Diamond (Director of the University\u2019s I4P) comments on the report on Kids Company by a Parliamentary investigation: The details of the collapse of the charity Kids Company are likely to be subject to much debate and criticism. The\u00a0likely negative impact on the lives of those young people who relied on the support of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Comment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/files\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b\"},\"headline\":\"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/202\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/Charity.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Charity\",\"Government\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Finance\",\"Media\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/202\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/Charity.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/202\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/Charity.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/202\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/Charity.jpg\",\"width\":4592,\"height\":3056,\"caption\":\"Woman hands in winter gloves Heart symbol shaped Lifestyle\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/02\\\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"description\":\"Comment is a collection of views, opinion and insight from Edge Hill University\u2019s academics about topical issues, current events or areas of expertise. Commentators from across the University use this space to discuss their views as well as sharing their own knowledge, research and interests.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b\",\"name\":\"John\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John\"},\"description\":\"Professor John Diamond\u00a0has made significant contributions to the UK Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) through his research on the management of change within major urban regeneration programmes. John\u2019s work is renowned both regionally and nationally, in addition to his written work he has participated in a number of conferences,\u00a0invitation-only events and has acted as an external advisor across the Voluntary sector. Through his research John has enabled leaders in the Voluntary and Community Sector to make sense of the changing relationship the VCS has with the public sector. Professor John Diamond is the National Chair of\u00a0the Association for Research with the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC)\u00a0and\u00a0co-editor of the annual series\u00a0Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management\u00a0.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\\\/comment\\\/author\\\/diamondj\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment","og_description":"Professor John Diamond (Director of the University\u2019s I4P) comments on the report on Kids Company by a Parliamentary investigation: The details of the collapse of the charity Kids Company are likely to be subject to much debate and criticism. The\u00a0likely negative impact on the lives of those young people who relied on the support of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/","og_site_name":"Comment","article_published_time":"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/files\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"John","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/"},"author":{"name":"John","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/#\/schema\/person\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b"},"headline":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right","datePublished":"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/"},"wordCount":418,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg","keywords":["Charity","Government"],"articleSection":["Finance","Media"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/","name":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right - Comment","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-02T13:59:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/#\/schema\/person\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2016\/02\/Charity.jpg","width":4592,"height":3056,"caption":"Woman hands in winter gloves Heart symbol shaped Lifestyle"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/2016\/02\/02\/why-charity-trustees-matter-getting-governance-and-accountability-right\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why charity trustees matter: Getting governance and accountability right"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/","name":"Comment","description":"Comment is a collection of views, opinion and insight from Edge Hill University\u2019s academics about topical issues, current events or areas of expertise. Commentators from across the University use this space to discuss their views as well as sharing their own knowledge, research and interests.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/#\/schema\/person\/44ab3855c9efc34c2a74055a1b61688b","name":"John","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a8b6f4e6948b5fb0dd8e5cb85283c02899b912cb8461b82f137ab5a9a76acc7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John"},"description":"Professor John Diamond\u00a0has made significant contributions to the UK Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) through his research on the management of change within major urban regeneration programmes. John\u2019s work is renowned both regionally and nationally, in addition to his written work he has participated in a number of conferences,\u00a0invitation-only events and has acted as an external advisor across the Voluntary sector. Through his research John has enabled leaders in the Voluntary and Community Sector to make sense of the changing relationship the VCS has with the public sector. Professor John Diamond is the National Chair of\u00a0the Association for Research with the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC)\u00a0and\u00a0co-editor of the annual series\u00a0Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management\u00a0.","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/author\/diamondj\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/comment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}