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Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton is editor of Governance magazine and a governance expert. She was the first chief executive of Acevo, holding the position from 1992 to 2000. She also founded the Network of Women Chairs and co-founded Groundbreakers, a support group for female chief executives in the voluntary sector.
She was a non-executive director of the Inland Revenue and has been a judge at the Charity Awards for several years.
In a voluntary capacity Dalton has been a trustee of several charities including Marie Curie Cancer Care and regularly participates in fundraising expeditions for JoLt, the Journey of a Lifetime Trust which arranges overseas expeditions for disadvantaged or disabled young people.
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Governance expert Dorothy Dalton has stormed into the debate over whether trustees should sit on unitary boards alongside the executive and be paid for their work.
Regular governance reviews need not be costly, work-intensive or complicated. Dorothy Dalton advises.
Dorothy Dalton outlines the minimum financial knowledge that all trustees should have in order to properly discharge their duties.
Is the time right for paid trustees and unitary boards? Dorothy Dalton reports.
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The Charity Commission's online register needs a review 1
Dorothy Dalton
2 Mar 2010
2 Mar 2010
Tags: Charity Commission | Regulation
The Charity Commission's implicit approval of charity accounts by virtue of posting them on its website without checking them first, is a threat to public trust in charities, says Dorothy Dalton
The role of the chair of trustees has evolved over the last decade, as indeed has governance, so it is important to use a job description which has kept up-to-date with these changes and which reflects the greater emphasis on leadership, strategy, risk, accountability and performance.
This model job description is written for trustees of larger charities but will be of interest to trustees of smaller charities although much of the detail will not apply to them. When adopting model documents it is important to tailor the model to reflect your charity, its needs and its stage of development.
All charities should, but most charities do not, ask potential trustees to sign a declaration about their eligibility for the post of trustee. This sample declaration form is an adapted and more detailed version of the declaration form for trustees which can be found on the NCVO website and which is used here with the kind permission of NCVO.
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