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.

Dorothy Dalton outlines the minimum financial knowledge that all trustees should have in order to properly discharge their duties.

This course is an excellent way of becoming an outstanding trustee sooner rather than later. With lots of illustrated examples, covering topics from roles, collective authority and the three strands of governance, your relationship with the chair of trustees and the chief executive to understanding charity finance and governing without managing, this course helps you meet the Charity Commission's requirements for trustee induction. It also acts as a powerful refresher course for existing trustees who need to keep abreast of changes in legislation and evolving case law.

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.