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Principles

Your Board -
We have committed to providing strong and effective leadership that is fair, balanced and which
Communicating Better
inspires everyone in the organisation. Underpinned by a sustainable funding model achieved by
diversifying our income streams. We made a commitment to
communicate better with our members
Consolidation has been key in and provide transparent, open and
establishing solid foundations, on accountable leadership. Our first step
which, we can build significant in 2014 was to publish minutes of
improvements for our members. our Board meetings (About Us >>>
We are in the process of publishing Governance) – This year, we have
a wide range of metrics on to our reviewed and refreshed the content
website allowing everyone to see what to make it more accessible and more
is happening. Giving our members informative. Members will now be
a better understanding of what the able to find board minutes, board
membership sub pays for, and the regulations, policies and information
ability to more easily hold us to about directors there.
account.
Updates on progress continues to be
The Board has gained accreditation for published in the magazine, including
the new Code of Governance in Sport concerns expressed in the letters
– a green light which represents an page being answered. To provide an
exemplar of good standards. opportunity for member engagement,
the AGM has evolved to include a
conference as an opportunity for
member discussion.
Your Board - Being We are pleased to report we received
A final new and exciting development Evaluated confirmation of conformance, ensuring
Effective Governance is the publishing of interactive tools so continuing access to the funding that
members can view progress against the
helps develop the grass roots and
strategic plan. The UK Government published its underpins high performance.
Code for Sports Governance in 2016,
Your Board - Working Harder requiring all sports bodies to conform
This year has seen your Board moving from having meetings four times a year to six times a year, to create more of a momentum Your Board - if they wished to have access to Your Board – The
to progress Archery GB’s transformation. We have also been keeping a keen eye on expenditure, such that the annual cost of the Evaluating Itself funding from agencies such as UK Challenge of Being Diverse
bi-monthly meetings has been lower than the previous quarterly ones. Sport and Sport England. The code
To ensure that we are providing strong has several categories with Archery One of the keys to success for a board
and effective leadership, your board GB falling in to the highest, most is to have people with different skills
In addition, Catherine Julie Ryan Pippa evaluates itself annually and commissions demanding, one, and your Board is and from different backgrounds. The
directors Wilson Board Britton an independent audit of itself every responsible for making sure we pass different voices around the table
have taken Senior Safeguarding Board Equity three years. The last independent review the annual assessment. ensure that all aspects are considered,
on specific Independent Champion Champion was in 2017 and this year’s review and rounded decisions are being
responsibilities Director confirmed a marked improvement as the The Code has, at its heart, the taken.
as follows: recommendations of the independent following five principles of good
review get implemented. governance: Your Board considers its skills when
• Structure recruiting directors and has had a
In addition to the whole board review, • People good mix between women and men
Another three the Senior Independent Director led your • Communication for many years. However, we recognise
directors have Erik Lis Bellamy Lizzy Rees Board’s review of its Chairman and the • Standards and Conduct that its ethnicity mix does not reflect
stepped up to Rowbotham Good Welfare of Chairman reviewed the performance of • Policies and Processes that of the population in general
taking oversight Sporting Governance & Members individual directors. and it needs to work in the next
for areas of Regulation Management To prove conformance to the Code, year to rectify this. We have recently
policy making – Overall, these three sets of internal Archery GB has had to annually published a Diversity Statement and
these are: reviews gave your Board a green light and pass some 70 tests within the above Diversity Plan which recognises this
we hope, in turn this gives you confidence principles, and this has been a major area as a challenge for the coming
All directors can be emailed as firstname.lastname@archerygb.org in us. project for us over the last year. year.

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