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Governance is everywhere – from your local sports club or charity to the largest FTSE corporations. We provide specialist governance guidance and resources in a number of sectors.

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has today published a white paper looking at ‘The virtuous circle of good charity governance’. Compiled by Louise Thomson, Head of Policy (Not for Profit) at the Institute, the paper considers what governance is and how it works in relation to the charity sector, including linking good governance to organisational performance.

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Welcome to The Chartered Governance Institute, North West of England branch. We were established in 2009 for like-minded people living in the North West of England and North Wales who are qualified as, or studying towards being, Chartered Secretaries.

Welcome to the home of The Chartered Governance Institute, East of England Branch. We provide support to the Institute's members and students in the East of England area.

Welcome to the home of The Chartered Governance Institute, North East of England Branch. We provide support to the Institute's members and students in the North East area.

The Department for Education’s recognition of academy trust clerks as the board’s ‘governance professional’ is a start in terms of acknowledging the importance of the role, according to ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute. Recognising the broader responsibilities as “…about helping the board understand its role, functions and legal duties and supporting the chair to enable and facilitate strategic debate and decision making” in the DfE’s revised Governance Handbook, the Institute believes that this continued emphasis shows the important advisory and support role that governance professionals play in helping academy boards to achieve success