Westward Housing Group: Find Out How We Are Governed and Who Makes Decisions |
Posted: January 7, 2015 |
Effective governance is key to a successful organisation. For Westward as a business, this means having:
Proposal regarding Westward The boards who manage Westward’s three housing associations (Tarka Housing, Westcountry Housing and Westward) all agree that we should now go ahead and bring these organisations and their boards together formally. This will allow us to work more efficiently and provide even better value for money. Our service to customers will not change as a result of this and councillors will still be able to raise issues with us. We want to continue to create great homes and neighbourhoods where people want to live and work. The staff who deliver our services will continue to do so. Our customer Scrutiny Group will continue to check, monitor and challenge the board and staff. Our governance structure is shown here: Westward governance structure chart and includes:
The Tarka Board is made up of:
The common purpose board has two specialist sub-committees:
a Governance Committee following these terms of reference pdf
The boards provide leadership, direction, support and challenge and our senior management team is responsible for delivering services. Westward has adopted the National Housing Federation’s codes of governance and standards. We regularly assess compliance with these standards and report the outcomes in our Annual Financial Statements. The government’s Homes and Communities Agency regulates social housing and we comply with their regulatory standards.
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