{"id":3121,"date":"2020-05-19T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=3121"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T10:15:24","slug":"leave-no-trace-ireland","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/portfolio-item\/leave-no-trace-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave No Trace Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-6949id-de8a5f96ac56b49910ac395d460a6b15 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3121'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3y70dh-22781d39d3a5322ea55bc4982a81d855\">\n.flex_column.av-3y70dh-22781d39d3a5322ea55bc4982a81d855{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-3y70dh-22781d39d3a5322ea55bc4982a81d855 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jvzelzlj-3db907662a57921a8fd3ab14c3c74f56\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jvzelzlj-3db907662a57921a8fd3ab14c3c74f56 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jvzelzlj-3db907662a57921a8fd3ab14c3c74f56 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jvzelzlj-3db907662a57921a8fd3ab14c3c74f56 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3122 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3122 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LeaveNoTraceLogo.png\" alt='LeaveNoTraceLogo' title='LeaveNoTraceLogo'  height=\"350\" width=\"700\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LeaveNoTraceLogo.png 700w, https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LeaveNoTraceLogo-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kadrd6yx-a9f02bc227e45718d026167dadf25d24\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-kadrd6yx-a9f02bc227e45718d026167dadf25d24{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-kadrd6yx-a9f02bc227e45718d026167dadf25d24 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-kadrd6yx-a9f02bc227e45718d026167dadf25d24 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-kadrd6yx-a9f02bc227e45718d026167dadf25d24 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Leave No Trace Ireland Governance Improvement Initiative Award Entry<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2il5np-3c4f8991e38b02a75699bb6eb5dae389\">\n.flex_column.av-2il5np-3c4f8991e38b02a75699bb6eb5dae389{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-2il5np-3c4f8991e38b02a75699bb6eb5dae389 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jvzeqnyq-796b23b3b47b274df7d4602b751ca737'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Background<\/h2>\n<p>Leave No Trace Ireland is an environmental non-profit company made up of organisations with a shared interest in promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation across Ireland. Leave No Trace Ireland is a company limited by guarantee not having share capital (CRO 465628) and with a CHY and CRA number (20657 and 20082178 respectively). It was officially established in 2008 and was granted charitable status in 2013. The organisation is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors. There are three subgroups that report to the Board. These include Corporate Governance, Education and Research, and Communications and Engagement.<\/p>\n<h2>Issues to Address<\/h2>\n<p>Leave No Trace Ireland since its establishment in 2008 has moved from a voluntary organisation into a professional one. With this growth trustees recognised the need for the development of a suite governance structures to build the organisation in line with best practice. As a new organisation structures, policies and procedures were built from the bottom-up.<\/p>\n<p>To move from a voluntary to a professional organisation there were several issues encountered;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave No Trace Ireland did not have a strategic plan<\/li>\n<li>There was no skills audit conducted for the Board<\/li>\n<li>The original company constitution had issues<\/li>\n<li>There was no designated group responsible for the creation of Leave No Trace Ireland\u2019s policies and procedures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Policies and procedures were not externally audited to check for best practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h2>Actions Undertaken<\/h2>\n<p>To address the issues faced by Leave No Trace Ireland several steps have been taken to transform the governance of the organisation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To address the need for a strategic plan, a public consultation was held with members to develop our first Strategic Plan. This led to the creation of Leave No Trace Ireland\u2019s Strategic Plan 2016-2020 The Outdoors is Yours Protect It!<\/li>\n<li>Following on from\u00a0 the\u00a0 creation of our\u00a0 Strategic Plan,\u00a0 we\u00a0 have\u00a0 developed\u00a0 a\u00a0 Governance Handbook which outlines all of the organisation\u2019s polices and procedures.<\/li>\n<li>To ensure Leave No Trace Ireland has the capability to deliver its mission, in line with best practice for an environmental non-profit, a skills audit for the Board, staff and volunteers was undertaken.<\/li>\n<li>To address and clarify the issues with the Company Constitution, Leave No Trace Ireland hosted an emergency general meeting (EGM) with our members to bring the organisation in line with good<\/li>\n<li>A Corporate Governance subgroup was established within the Board to undertake writing our policies and procedures. Last year we were awarded the code of good governance and are compliant with the Charities<\/li>\n<li>At each Board meeting, policies, under governance, are an agenda item. This is to ensure all new policies are presented to the Board for approval<\/li>\n<li>The Corporate Governance subgroup has scheduled audits to be conducted on the performance of the newly adopted governance policies by an external auditor. The subgroup is concentrating on 2-3 areas each year to audit and review policies and procedures. The first of these audits was carried out in March 2019 by Tom Martin, Business Mentor from Sport Ireland. To date an audit and review on the Data Protection Policy and Garda Vetting Policy and Child Protection Policy has been<\/li>\n<li>A separate legal review for the organisation\u2019s Service Level Agreements for training centres has also been undertaken by our solicitor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the new Charities Governance Code, from the Charities Regulator, Leave No Trace will be compliant within the designated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An update of progress is presented to trustees at each Board meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Impact for Leave No Trace Ireland<\/h2>\n<p>Creating our Strategic Plan has given Leave No Trace Ireland a clear focus and pathway to achieving our goals and furthering our charitable purpose. The inclusion of members through public consultation generated many good ideas and made the process of creating our strategic plan much more streamlined. It also allowed our Board the opportunity of meeting some of the organisation\u2019s members as well allowed for members to increase their understanding of Leave No Trace and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>We have successfully moved from a volunteer organisation to a professional charity and company. Without our governance structures this would not have been possible.<\/p>\n<p>To date we are continuing to develop policies and procedures and now have professional input into their suitability for the organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":3122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[33],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leave No Trace Ireland - Good Governance Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/portfolio-item\/leave-no-trace-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leave No Trace Ireland - 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