Pillar 2 of 6
Governance and Leadership
Strengthen your board, sharpen decision-making and build leadership capacity across your organisation.
What this pillar covers
A strong board makes better decisions, manages risks, and steers your trust towards its vision. Whether you’re setting up a board for the first time, bringing new trustees in, or reviewing how your board operates, this section brings together practical guidance, templates and tools to help your board operate effectively and legally.
Getting your board right
- Sample Code of Conduct templateSets clear expectations for board members and forms part of new trustee induction.
- Board Member Induction ToolkitHelp new trustees understand the organisation and their legal duties; adapt to your trust’s context.
- Directors HandbookTraining pack covering the roles, responsibilities and legal duties of being a trust director.
- Register of Interests TemplateA template for recording directors’ interests to help manage conflicts of interest and support transparent governance.
Governance in practice
- Scottish Governance Code for the third sectorFive core principles of good governance; use as a self-assessment tool to strengthen your board’s practice.
- OSCR: Making changes and reorganisingOSCR guidance on changing your governing document, merging, or otherwise reorganising your charity.
Included with your membership
Provisional and Full Members can access legal advice and member discounts on selected services. See what’s included.
Not sure where to start, or want to talk something through? Your Member Support Advisor can help you find the right resource or just be a sounding board.