Our governors

Governors have very important roles and undertake a range of functions through committees, task groups and workshops. They:

• represent the interests and views of local people and raise members' and the public's concerns
• attend meetings (currently a minimum of three per year)
• are ambassadors for the Trust and can be involved in visits to Trust sites, meeting service users and staff
• agree our future by providing views to the Board of Directors on what sort of organisation we will be and what sort of services we will provide
• appoint or remove our Chairman and other non-executive directors and approve the appointment of our Chief Executive. See a link on the right about how our governors were involved in recruitment of non-executive directors.
• scrutinise our performance to ensure that agreed plans are carried out properly
• receive annual reports and accounts
• appoint the Trust's external auditors