Finance I, For Non-Accountants – The Accounting Building Blocks
Managing housing associations requires a solid grasp of financial accounts to align strategic goals with available resources. Board members often struggle with intricate financial reports, impacting decision-making and risk management. This session will help Boards align their objectives with financial resources, improving organisational performance and sustainability while fostering transparency and trust with residents, funders, and regulators.
Balancing strategic and operational requirements in the Board member role
Our codes of governance require Boards to act in a strategic manner but our Regulators are expecting Boards to have more detailed operational knowledge. How do we get this balance right?
GDPR is boring? Why it should beguile your Board
This session addresses the challenges around GDPR to help you not only be compliant but strategically equipped to navigate its challenges. As housing association Board members, you are responsible for ensuring GDPR compliance and maintaining sensitive data, which is valuable on the dark web because it contains a variety of personal information that may be exploited for phishing, fraud, and other illicit actions.
GDPR is boring? Why it should beguile the board?
In this session, we’ll revisit the core principles of GDPR and their significance, and understand the changes and developments since the initial compliance rush in 2018. We’ll also explore risk areas that are particularly pertinent to board members and their organizations, key areas for reporting and discover essential questions to ensure ongoing compliance for both you and your housing association.
Introduction To Risk & Assurance
25 November 2021
A webinar for new board members providing an understanding and management of risk. This session will give Board members and officers a good grounding in how risks are assessed and risk mitigations developed, as well as how Board members gain assurance that risks are being managed and controls are being operated so that you know that your organisation is complying with all its Regulatory requirements.
