Accessible Text Alternative for Flow Chart of Committee Lines of Responsibility

Accessible text version for a flow chart showing committee lines of responsibility, as an example of how an IDE (inclusion, diversity and equality) committee to the board might operate.

Box 1

Board of trustees

  • Overall responsibility for governing the organisation
  • Considers IDE (inclusion, diversity and equality) and other committee recommendations

This box connects to 2 other boxes, listed on this page as box 2a and 2b. 2b then connects to another box, 2c.

Box 2a

IDE committee

  • Focuses on IDE reports to the board
  • Receives input and information from stakeholder groups (for example, staff, volunteers and beneficiaries)

Box 2b

Staff

  • Provide input to IDE committee (equality data and impact reporting, representation on committee, giving presentations, preparing reports)

Box 2c

Volunteers

  • May provide input indirectly to the IDE committee via staff routes, or directly as committee members

Surrounding the core boxes of the flowchart are 4 additional boxes. They are standalone and not connected to any other.

Additional boxes

Legislation

  • (For example, Equality Act)

Policies and procedures

  • (For example, equality policy)

IDE committee terms of reference

  • No description

Non-statutory guidance and frameworks

  • (For example, Charity Governance Code diversity principle)