This is what trustees need to do…

Follow the principles

Trustees will need to work together to make the best decisions for your charity.

Often there will not be a perfect solution but it must be an informed and responsible one for your situation.

The standard must be that your trustees:

• act within their powers
• act honestly and with good intentions, and only in your charity’s interests
• be sufficiently informed, taking any advice needed
• take account of all relevant factors
• ignore irrelevant factors
• manage conflicts of interest
• make a decision that is within a range of decisions that a reasonable body of trustees can make.

These principles should always guide the approach. But make especially sure that your trustees can show that you have used them for decisions which are:

• complex, or
• high impact, or
• involving significant money or other property, or
• high risk

There are some practical things you can do and think about to support these principles so that your charity makes decisions correctly. We have summarised them here.

Read on

TfL are consulting about proposals to make changes to bus routes into central London and would like to hear your views. The changes being consulted on are intended to cause as little disruption to passengers as possible, while making the savings required by the Government.

TfL have done a detailed review of London’s bus network, to achieve these significant financial savings. As part of this work, they have reviewed key bus corridors from the north, south, east, and west into the centre of the city. This is because demand has reduced over the years on some roads leading into central and inner London due to changing travel patterns which have been accelerated by the pandemic. 

For further information, to see which bus routes are included in our proposals and to complete our online survey, please visit https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/busreview

Alternatively you can submit your response to TfL by email or in writing (no stamp needed) to:

• haveyoursay@tfl.gov.uk; or
• FREEPOST TFL HAVE YOUR SAY (CLBR)
• Or you can telephone us on 020 3054 6037 to leave your name and contact number and we will call you back. Quote ‘Bus Review’ when leaving your message.

Consultation closes Tuesday 12 July 2022

TfL are keen to hear from anyone that wants to comment on this consultation.  Please do pass on these details to your own contacts as you may find appropriate.

Please do not hesitate to contact TfL on the above email with any questions, or if you require any further information.

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