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Who has overall responsibility i.e. the superior, the councillors, the charity trustees etc.
Whether any lay staff have particular responsibility
The fact that staff and volunteers should not engage in any types of activity that the trustees might not be aware of, without having rst consulted with the charity trustees and carried out an appropriate risk assessment
A reminder of the obligations to make a serious incident report to the Charity Commission
The second part of the policy should be a risk register, listing the various risks and the action you intend to take to manage those risks. This can be done in any format that you consider appropriate, as an example you may wish to consider the following format:
Section: Governance and Management
Risk
L
I
S
Responsibility
Monitoring
Controls/ Actions taken
Action Planned
Trustees lack appropriate skills
3
3
12
Trustees
Superior
Trustees to complete a skills audit
Superior to ensure that appropriate professional advice is provided to ll gaps
Identify future individuals with appropriate skills to join trustee board
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