Sports Encouraged To Sign Up To Governance Code

The Irish Sports Council (ISC) are encouraging all funded bodies to sign up to the Governance Code for Community and Voluntary Organisations.

Over 100 representatives from across the sporting sector attended an information meeting hosted by the ISC, on the Governance Code at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown.
The Governance Code asks organisations to agree to operate to key principles in order to run their organisation more effectively in areas such as leadership, transparency, accountability and behaving with integrity.

Speaking at the event, Kieran Mulvey, Chairman of the ISC explained:

"The Irish Sports Council is committed to the Governance Code for Community and Voluntary organisations. This Code for Good Governance will further strengthen our sector, providing a guide on policies and procedures that will empower all ISC funded bodies and assist them in achieving excellence in all areas of their work".

As the first state agency in Ireland to encourage the adoption, the ISC are looking to empower funded bodies to achieve excellence in all areas of their work, ensuring their sustainability moving forward.

John Treacy, CEO of the ISC continued:

"We believe that the adoption of the Governance Code will provide multiple benefits for sporting funded bodies including enabling governing bodies to improve how they govern and manage their sports, assist the governing bodies to increase accountability to their members and supporting volunteers in performing their duties for the organisation".

The information meeting was facilitated by Diarmaid س Corrbuي, Chairperson of Community and Voluntary Governance Code Working Group, featured presentations from Kieran Mulvey (ISC), John Treacy (ISC) and John Sweeney from Clare Local Sports Partnership.

The Governance Code for Community and Voluntary Organisations has already been adopted by a number of national governing bodies and many are working towards meeting the requirements.
More information on the Governance Code for Community and Voluntary Organisations is available at http://www.governancecode.ie/