Accessible Text Alternative for Flow Chart of a Board's Lines of Responsibility
Accessible text version for a flow chart showing a heritage board's lines of responsibility as an example of a board with committees, and some of the statutory and non-statutory governance areas it considers.
Box 1
Board of trustees
- Overall responsibility for governing the organisation
- Collective decision-making on strategy and organisational direction
This box connects to 3 other boxes (listed on this page as box 2a, 2b and 2c).
Box 2a
Committees of the board
- Focus on specific themes (for example, IDE and report/make recommendations to the board of trustees
Box 2b
Staff
- Undertake the delivery of the organisation's purposes through executive functions
Box 2c
Volunteers
- Support the delivery of the organisation's purposes on a voluntary basis
Surrounding the core boxes of the flowchart are 4 additional boxes. They are standalone and not connected to any other.
Additional boxes
Regulators
- (For example, Charity Commission, Companies House)
Governing Document
- (Memorandum and articles of association)
Policies and procedures
- (For example, Equality and conflict of interest policies, code of conduct)
Guidance and legislation
- (For example, Equality Act)