2.1 Director Responsibilities

The role of a Freegle Director is laid out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HFgRRDk3N1R06bDOQpBERkNYFrcp_N8ptiMxSUmn-lY/edit

Directors are Trustees and should:

• Act in Freegle's best interests,
• Manage Freegle's resources responsibly, and
• Act with reasonable care and skill.

Directors are also expected to:

• Attend regular Board Meetings, and to have read all papers presented to that meeting.
• Follow and contribute to discussion between meetings, except where circumstances prevent them from doing so.
• Work with other Board members, primarily online, to ensure the Board is an effective body. This requires good team-working.
• Participate in tasks over and above Board Meetings from time to time. This typically involves working with one or two other Directors as a sub-group, for example to investigate a particular area and make a recommendation to the whole Board.

You may find it useful to read more in the Charity Commission's Essential Trustee guidance: [[1]]

FCA: [[2]] Section 8.1.5

Links to the internal documents relating to Board activities: [[3]]

Conflict of Interest procedure: Conflicts_of_Interest_Procedure

• 2. The Director Role
• 2.2 Other expectations

Link: Director Handbook