Governance for Boards and Committees

Modified on Fri, 10 Nov 2023 at 09:47 AM

The Centre for Volunteering has developed this Governance eLearning to support and develop the skills and knowledge of the board members of Australian not-for-profit volunteer-involving organisation's boards and committees, their CEOs and the other senior staff who work alongside them.  Governance is about how your organisation is run and understanding the systems and structures will enable the right decisions to be made to set the organisation up for success and to achieve it's purpose and mission.


Disclaimer

The information provided in this e-Learn is intended to provide general information to the public and every effort has been taken to ensure that the information set out in this e-Learn is accurate. However, those who access this e-Learn are advised that:


  • The information provided does not replace or alter the laws of Australia (both Commonwealth & State and Territory laws) and other official guidelines or requirements.
  • People accessing this e-Learn should take specific advice from qualified professionals before taking any action pertaining to information contained within this e-Learn.
  • The Centre for Volunteering and the the National Volunteering Peak Bodies do not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, for any action taken as a result of reading, or reliance placed on the Centre for Volunteering or the National Peak Bodies because of having read, any part, or all, of the information in this e-Learn or for any error, inadequacy, deficiency, flaw in, or omission from the information provided in this e-Learn.
  • All links and references to other websites, organisations or people not within the Centre for Volunteering or the National Peak Bodies are provided for convenience only and should not be taken as endorsement of those websites or information contained in those websites nor of organisations or people referred to.
  • The Centre for Volunteering and the National Peak bodies do not implicitly or impliedly endorse any website, organisation or people who have off-site links to this e-Learn.


All visitors who ignore this disclaimer do so at their own risk.


Modules

Modules can be completed in any order at any time and the topics contained within can be accessed by use of the side bar menu within the the e-Learning.  We do recommend you work your way through each module from start to finish on your first viewing.


Click on the links below to open the modules:


Role of the Board

Governing Documents

Organisation Finances

Strategic Planning

Policies and Procedures

Grievances

Fundraising and Grants

Sponsoring Change

Social Impact Measurement


Further Reading

The following Knowledge Base article provide additional information in support of the eLearning modules:


Organisation and Management Structures

Developing Policies and Procedures

Insurance



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