The Board and our Governance

As a recipient of Sport England funding, Think Active is required to comply with Tier Three of A Code of Sports Governance. We fully embrace the value that compliance with the code brings our organisation and our approach is to maximise the opportunities that the code provides to meet industry governance standards. This statement and our day-to-day business practice demonstrates our internal and external commitment to all requirements.

We commit to

Comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Consider the social and environmental impact of all of our decisions
Robust and responsible financial strategic planning and operations
Have appropriate controls and risk management procedures
Challenge ourselves to be an active ally to marginalised and under represented people and communities
Learn and Improve

Think Active is led by its Board of Trustees. The Board sets Think Active’s strategic direction, and is the organisation’s ultimate decision-making body.

The Board is made up of between seven and twelve members, who serve on a voluntary basis, receiving no remuneration (other than reasonable expenses). These Board members bring a wide-ranging set of skills, experience and knowledge, ensuring that the organisation is governed effectively. All Board members complete a Declaration of Good Character and sign up to a Trustee Code of Conduct

You can meet the Board here

The Board includes the positions of Chair and Senior Independent Director. Links to the Role Descriptions and Person Specifications can be found below:

Chair – Role Description and Person Specification
Vice Chair – Role Description and Person Specification
Senior Independent Director – Role Description and Person Specification
Trustee – Role Description and Person Specification
Welfare and Safeguarding Board Champion – Welfare and Safeguarding Board Champion Role Description

As a recipient of Sport England funding, Think Active is happy to comply with Tier 3 of A Code of Sports Governance. We fully embrace the value that compliance with the code brings our organisation and our approach is to maximise the opportunities that the code provides to meet industry governance standards. This statement and our day-to-day business practice demonstrates our internal and external commitment to all requirements.

We commit to

Comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Consider the social and environmental impact of all of our decisions
Robust and responsible financial strategic planning and operations
Have appropriate controls and risk management procedures
Challenge ourselves to be an active ally to marginalised and under represented people and communities
Learn and Improve

The code requirements include publicly disclosing information on our governance, structure, strategy, activities and financial position. Links to relevant documents can be found below:

Public Documents on Governance

As part of our commitment to good governance as outlined by the Code of Sports Governance we make the following documents publically available.

Section 2: People

2.2 Think Active is committed to ensuring that its Governance and Leadership are fully reflective of the diverse communities we serve. Central to this, is our commitment to equality and diversity that is reflected in the Board diversity policy. We are developing our Diversity and Inclusion Action plan which involves understanding what we want to do and how we do it. This is for us as an orgnaisation and a team and for us a partner in a diverse, challenging and exciting system. For more about our developing Diversity and Inclusion Action plan or to enquire about joining our Equality, Equity, Dversity and Inclusion Group click here

2.6: Publically advertised roles. Example only, Trustee Pack