Governance resources

Hospice UK's Good Governance Programme provides a wide range of useful resources to support hospice chairs, trustees and boards

On this page you'll find a range of helpful guides, networks and toolkits to help Chairs, Trustees and Boards govern your hospice effectively.

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What is governance?

Governance is an umbrella term for the systems, processes and types of behaviour that enable trustees to:

  • hold an organisation in trust
  • steer its work
  • optimise the benefit to current and future beneficiaries. 

Governance resources

An essential 20 minute guide for all new hospice trustees

Hospice UK’s 20 minute Guide for Hospice Trustees

An essential guide if you've not been a trustee before, and a useful refresher if you already have experience of being a hospice trustee or of working in a charity.
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Questions every Hospice Trustee should ask, by Craig Duncan, Interim CEO of Hospice UK
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Questions every Hospice Trustee should ask

With increasing scrutiny of charity trustee boards there is a growing array of information and advice. So, as a hospice trustee, where do you turn to stay current and dynamic?
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Our Peering over the Precipice toolkit will help you diagnose future risks to your hospice, make robust plans and support changes to ensure the sustainability of your service.

Risk Assessment Toolkit for Trustees

Our Peering over the Precipice toolkit will help you diagnose future risks to your hospice, make robust plans and support changes to ensure the sustainability of your service.
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Charity Commission guidance

All trustees should be familiar with the relevant guidance in each nation of the UK.

Our Thought Leadership series gives hospice leaders the opportunity to consider issues affecting the future of hospice care

Thought Leadership

Our Thought Leadership series gives hospice leaders the opportunity to consider how hospices can adapt to meet the challenges of the future.

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Other useful resources

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Financial benchmarking

Information that Hospice UK has gathered around financial benchmarking for hospices.
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Data protection webinar led by David Taylor

Data protection for hospices

Watch recordings from our series of webinars on data protection for hospices.
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Cybercrime is the fastest growing crime in the world. We’ve put together some information to help hospice senior leaders and trustees understand and mitigate the risks.

Cyber security: tips for success

Cybercrime is the fastest growing crime in the world. We’ve put together some information to help hospice senior leaders and trustees understand and mitigate the risks.
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Environmental sustainability: top tips

Environmental sustainability: top tips

On this page we are sharing ideas, tips and suggestions to help your hospice find environmentally sustainable solutions that work for your organisation.
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Innovation Hub

If you work in palliative and end of life care, you can find support, development opportunities, resources, and guidance and access our networks and communities.

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