Skip Navigation
*
  • Visits and Holidays
  • Conservation, Heritage and Learning
  • Get Involved With The National Trust
    Support Our Work
    Volunteering
    The Charity
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesSupport our workClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesThe CharityClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Selected item imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesOur PresentClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposes
    *
    Clear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Background imageClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesVolunteeringClear image used for layout purposes
    Clear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposesClear image used for layout purposes
    ""

    Governance Handbook

    Delivering the National Trust’s vision – ‘for ever, for everyone’ – is a demanding challenge and will only be achieved through good governance arrangements.

    These arrangements, which underpin the day-to-day operations of the Trust, are set out in this document: the Third Edition of the Governance Handbook published in July 2009. The document articulates how the Trust is run, how it takes decisions and how it will achieve its objectives.

    The Handbook identifies the main Trust bodies which makes up its governance structure, and explains how they run their affairs, delivering the required levels of openness, transparency and accountability.

    The governance structures and processes are there to demonstrate to all who care about the Trust that the organisation is well run and that it can be held to account for its performance.

    If you have any comments on the contents of this Handbook please contact:

    The Secretary, The National Trust, Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2NA or email governance@nationaltrust.org.uk

    *Back to top
    *
    The garden at Ightham Mote, Kent, in winter
    © NTPL / Andrew Butler
    *
    *
     
    Related links
    *
    *