Trustees’ Policy Checklist

Trustees are required to ensure that their charity has the appropriate policies and procedures in place as part of their governance duties.

How does a trustees fulfil their duty in relation to policies and procedures? Their job is to ask the right questions which will satisfy them that the policies and procedures which are in place are legal, appropriate to the size of the organisation, able to be implemented and are understood and followed.

In this article, Debra Allcock Tyler, CEO of DSC, provides a shortlist of questions which trustees should be asking.