Caring magazine 46 Caring July 2017 | Page 15

Campaign with us: carersuk.org/wecare Changes to our Governance Carers UK Chairman, David Grayson, explains what’s changed for our members following the Governance Review. In May we invited members of Carers UK to consider proposed changes to our governing documents and to vote by post, online or at a General Meeting on 29 June. Along with changes to keep pace with legislation and good practice, we proposed introducing a Nominations Committee to oversee the recruitment of new Trustees, ensuring we maintain the right skills, experience and I was moved by the sense of being part of something, by the sense of how far we've come... and the sense of everything still ahead. Brenda Murray Interested? Find out more about becoming a Trustee carersuk.org/trustee @carersuk /carersuk diversity on the Board. So, what happens next? At the General Meeting, the special resolution was passed by a clear majority (96% in support). The vote was independently verified by a lawyer from Russell Cooke solicitors. The changes to our governing documents were approved by the Charity Commission for England and Wales and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. We currently have up to five trustee vacancies on our Board. We have now formed the Nominations Committee, which I am part of, together with Rosie Tope, Chair of Carers Wales Committee, and two external specialists in charity Governance. As a committee we have defined the particular skills and experience we need to bring to the Board at this time – including personal experience of caring as well as relevant professional expe