England Netball Governance Toolkit
The toolkit has been designed to assist local committees in achieving Tier 1 of A Code for Sports Governance by meeting the eight mandatory requirements of the code. Every resource in this governance toolkit has been co-produced and tested by volunteers from a wide range of committees across netball to ensure it is practical and simple to use.
Download the guide to using the Toolkit (pdf)
Each tool and template can be downloaded separately below.
Volunteer committees previously completed the governance health check to self-assess their governance standards. This identified areas of governance where volunteers needed support to develop and England Netball have created tools to help you as a result. Regularly reviewing your governance means you can easily plan how to make improvements and work towards meeting the governance code ensuring the confidence of your members.
Download the Committee Self-Assessment Health Check Form (Excel)
Committee meetings can be a barrier to fresh talent including younger and more diverse volunteers taking on leadership roles. Ensuring that meetings are efficient, friendly, participatory, prepared, focused and finish on time can ensure that you don’t put off potential new volunteers.
Download the guide to effective meetings
Below are some useful additional templates:
Annual General Meetings – Full Guidance
Well-run committees seek to ensure diverse viewpoints are considered and that its decision-making groups have the skills and diversity needed to operate effectively. A good succession plan is key to good diversity.
Download the Effective Succession Planning Guides:
It is important that any conflicts of interest are identified, assessed, managed effectively and recorded to ensure individual committee members are not able to unduly influence a decision to their benefit (or their family’s benefit) rather than being the best value decision for the organisation.
Download the guide and templates (pdf)
Download the templates individually (Word):
Organisations should ensure appropriate financial procedures and practices are in place and accounts are independently scrutinised.
Being transparent about your finances will also help to build trust with your membership and demonstrate effective financial management by your committee.
The most effective committees assess and manage organisational risks and liabilities appropriately. This allows the organisation to have continued success.
Download the guide to managing risks
Download the Risk Register template
Guide to Protecting against fraud & Loss
