The Board of Trustees takes a similar role to a school’s Governing Body. It provides a strategic overview, acts as a critical friend and ensures accountability. Specifically, the group’s terms of reference state that its role is to:

• Provide strategic direction to the partnership and agree Trust priorities
• Ensure the Trust links to other plans and developments and supports local and national Government policy
• Provide guidance, advice and support to the Director of Community & Education
• Provide a sounding board for the Director of Community & Education
• Tackle issues e.g: lack of involvement and support of key stakeholders
• Promote work and raise the profile of the partnership
• Provide a financial overview
• Ensure the Director of Community & Education is both supported and accountable.
• Ensure all of the key partners have ownership of the partnership
• Evaluate the partnership’s progress and impact
• Approve and sign off the Annual return
• Explore the future substantiality of the programme
• All individuals must declare any conflict of interest that may arise which an individual, or organisation, has competing interests or loyalties